Which of the following is false regarding social class?
A. Social class shapes one’s access to resources in society.
B. It is not possible to directly observe social class.
C. It is not possible for people to change whatever social class they are born into.
D. People in the same social class share similar opportunities
Answer: C
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Japanese students typically attend school more hours per day than American students. In Japan, learning is more group-centered and focused than in the United States. Teamwork and cooperation are also stressed in Japanese schools, whereas students in the United States are taught to have more individualistic values. What would explain the differences between Japanese and American schools?
A. The dominant ideology in Japan supports a more cooperative education than the United States. B. The dominant ideology in Japan discourages any kind of competition among students. C. Americans place more value and emphasis on family than the Japanese. D. Americans are unable to keep schools open year-round because of the costs of maintaining the buildings.
According to functionalists, which of the following is a manifest function of education?
A) ?Education is good for business. B) ?Schools provide childcare for two-income families. C) ?Education decreases job competition. D) ?Education promotes cultural innovation. E) ?High schools are matchmaking institutions.
A society such as France or Italy that has an economy based on the production of goods in factories through mechanization would be an example of a(n) ________ society.
A. agrarian B. industrial C. postindustrial D. horticultural
Travis Hirschi’s control theory suggests which of the following categories of people would be most likely to engage in deviance?
a. students enrolled in college b. teenagers on sports teams with after-school jobs c. youngsters who “hang out” waiting for something to happen d. young people with respect for their parents