Sociology quiz (Education)

Which of these belongs in the conflict perspective?

• manifest and latent functions

• correspondence principle

• teacher-expectancy effect

• delinquency

Which of these belongs in the interactionalist perspective?

• manifest function

• latent function

• teacher-expectancy effect

• hidden curriculum

An experimental school

• private institution

• carter school

• charter school

• novel school

What is the manifest function of education according to the Functionalist Perspective?

• Promote social change

• Integrate society

• Maintain social control

• Transmit knowledge

What is the hidden curriculum in education referring to?

• Credentialism in the education system

• Formal qualifications for students

• Standards of behavior taught subtly in schools

• Tracking students based on test scores

According to Conflict theorists, how does the educational system sort students?

• Based on their social background

• Based on their academic performance

• Based on their gender

• Randomly

The concept hidden curriculum can be defined as:

• A type of nonacademic knowledge that one learns through informal learning and cultural transmission.
• The course objectives teachers incorporate into their syllabi after the semester has started.
• The emphasis on certificates or degrees to show that a person has a certain skill, has attained a certain level of education, or has met certain job qualifications.
• The unexpected subjects students take an interest in after being exposed to experts in the field.

When a meaning or definition is attached to someone or something e.g. "bad student"

• social mobility

• labelling

• subculture

• self-fulfilling prophecy

What are the two functions of education?

• transparent

• adjacent

• latent

• manifest

What is the manifest function of education according to the Functionalist Perspective?

• Promote social change

• Integrate society

• Maintain social control

• Transmit knowledge