Which of the following is a latent function of education?
a. providing child care
b. teaching basic academic skills
c. transmitting cultural knowledge
d. generating innovation
e. socializing students to become competent citizens and workers
A
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a. scientific revolution c. urbanization b. social change d. global interdependence
A contributor to the change in the American family structure is:
a. the increased population. b. our increased life expectancy. c. urbanization. d. higher infant mortality rate.
Harmful agents, such as drugs, alcohol, toxic fumes, biohazards, lead, pollution, and radiation, that can cross the placenta and harm the fetus are called ______.
a. carcinogens b. prenatal poisonings c. teratogens d. placenta-antagonists
Recent Chinese immigrants to the U.S. often find jobs working in sweatshops in New York City's Chinatown, where they work 16 or more hours a day in the garment industry, earning less than minimum wage. The big businesses that hire these illegal and often uninformed immigrants illustrate
A. the contact hypothesis. B. exploitation theory. C. labeling theory. D. a self-fulfilling prophecy.