At Harvard University 90 percent of the students graduate with honors. The faculty recommend to counter this honors inflation limiting the percentage of students who could graduate with honors in any one class. This is an example of __________
A) raising standards
B) honor curriculum
C) an equal playing field
D) academic distinction
A
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Laws and administrative regulations that are formulated by government to control, regulate or guide behavior are called:
a. civic culture b. judicial verdicts c. public policy d. totalitarianism
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Children and adolescents tend to associate with those of similar class backgrounds. 2. Intermediate relationships focus on companionship and de-emphasize the sexual division of labor. 3. Research has shown that parents engage in child-rearing practices with the conscious intention that their children adopt specific social class characteristics. 4. According to Kohn, working-class parents are more likely to stress the values of self-control, curiosity, and consideration.
Clerical workers at campuses of the University of California and the University of Minnesota, as well as other college campuses, have recently unionized and won major concessions to improve the work lives of clerical workers
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
A marine drill sergeant believes that good marines are born, not made. His attitude is consistent with the definition of:
a. the double standard. b. expressive character traits. c. biological determinism. d. identification theory.