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1) manifest function
2) latent functions
3) credential society
4) cultural transmission of values
5) gatekeeping
6) tracking
7) social integration
8) credentialing
9) mainstreaming
10) self-fulfilling prophecy
11) grade inflation
12) social promotion
13) moral community
14) state religion
15) religious experience
16) Protestant ethic
A) the promotion of a sense of national identity through practices shared by all members of society
B) the process by which education opens and closes doors of opportunity
C) using diplomas and degrees to determine who is eligible for a job
D) intended beneficial consequences of people's actions
E) in reference to education, the ways in which schools transmit a society's culture, especially its core values
F) higher grades given for the same work; a general rise in students' grades without a corresponding increase in learning
G) passing students on to the next level even though they have not mastered basic materials
H) the use of diplomas and degrees to determine who is eligible for jobs, even though the diploma or degree may be irrelevant to the actual work
I) Robert Merton's term for an originally false assertion that becomes true simply because it was predicted
J) the sorting of students into different educational programs on the basis of real or perceived abilities
K) helping people to become part of the mainstream of society
L) unintended beneficial consequences of people's actions
M) a government sponsored religion, also called ecclesia
N) a sudden awareness of the supernatural or a feeling of coming in contact with God
O) a group of people who are united by their religious practices
P) Weber's term to describe the ideal of a self-denying, highly moral life, accompanied by hard work and frugality

Answer 1

1) D; 2) L; 3) H; 4) E; 5) B; 6) J; 7) A; 8) C; 9) K; 10) I; 11) F; 12) G; 13) O; 14) M; 15) N; 16) P