Which sociological perspective portrays contemporary education as basically benign-for example, it argues that schools rationally sort and select students for future high-status positions, thereby meeting society's need for talented and expert personnel?
A. interactionist perspective
B. conflict perspective
C. labeling theory
D. functionalist perspective
Answer: D
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a. threat b. challenge c. excitement d. pleasure
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a. Drunk driving b. Keg stands c. Illicit drug use d. Binge drinking
Union contracts provide for which of the following:
a. power to influence decisions b. the right to set their wages c. some measure of justice and due process at work d. a grievance system that gives the power to management
Which of the following terms relates to the discovery of an experiential understanding of the lifeworld?
a. Reduction b. Bracketing c. Verstehen