Bestowing status on students by awarding them a diploma after they have successfully completed all graduation requirements can be considered a
A. goal of the interactionist approach to education.
B. manifest function of education.
C. dysfunction of education.
D. latent function of education.
Answer: B
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Which of the following is not a reason why the percentage of adult Americans with uncontrolled hypertension decreased between the late 20th and the early 21st centuries?
a) The percentage of Americans who were obese declined. b) There was improved detection of hypertension. c) There was improved treatment of hypertension available. d) An increased percentage of hypertensive adults received effective treatment.
Addiction has been called a ______ because continued abuse of a drug causes changes in brain function that drives the addict to compulsive seeking and use of the drug
A. brain retardation B. mental retardation C. mental illness D. brain disease
Which of the following is an example of cultural capital and habitus at work?
a. affluent parents having children attend private school starting in preschool b. affluent parents having children tested and then placed in appropriate-level classes at school c. a school counselor placing a child in a track for occupational development d. the use of magnet schools in an urban community