Some argue that U.S. education is not promoting the high-level skills in reading, writing, science, and mathematics that are needed in the workplace and the global economy. From the functionalist perspective this is considered a(n) __________
a. latent function
b. manifest function
c. dysfunction
d. instrumental function
c
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Which of the following views is expressed by people who consider mental illness as a form of deviance?
a. Mental disorders should not be viewed as illnesses at all but rather as problems of living. b. People who are labeled as mentally ill are bound to be rebellious. c. The twisted behavior of the mentally ill results from their efforts to conform to social expectations. d. People who are mentally ill are most likely to try and hide their behavioral deviations from others.
According to the findings of the Coleman report, the amount of money spent on education per pupil has a significant impact on students' academic success or failure
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Jane has just completed her quantitative study of the relationship between TV advertisement of breakfast cereals and the actual sale of 22 types of breakfast cereals. She is unsure which graphical representations she should use to show the frequency distribution for the amount of each cereal type sold after it was advertised. The BEST graph for her to use is a ______.
a. bar graph b. normal curve c. frequency distribution d. scatterplot
Which of the following is an example of using one's sociological imagination?
a.) being comfortable in unfamiliar surroundings, such as visiting a new friend's house b.) creating different hypotheses to explain an individual's behavior when you see that person acting strangely in public c.) creating a story to explain unfamiliar social customs when you are traveling in a new country d.) understanding that the divorce of one's parents is part of a larger societal trend toward marriage dissolution