SOC Chp 12 Test

A publicly funded school that is operated like a private school and does not have to answer to local school boards but can shape its own curriculum is a(n) _____ school.

• public

• private

• charter

• formal

The capacity to think abstractly is called _____ _____.

• abstract thinking

• intelligent thinking

• genius ability

• cognitive ability

The situation in which tests unfairly measure the cognitive abilities of people based on their social category is called ____ ____.

• unfair treatment

• cultural bias

• racial bias

• manifest function

A bureaucratic approach to education, which cannot respond to the creative and emotional needs of all children is ____ schooling.

• formal

• public

• private

• charter

_____ equality exists when schooling produces the same achievements and attitudes for lower-class and minority children as it does for less disadvantaged children.

• Racial

• Educational

• Classroom

• Cooperative

A curriculum that accentuates the viewpoints and contributions of minorities such as women and African Americans is called a(n) _______ education.

• private

• public

• multicultural

• racial

A system in which the government makes the money spent on a child's education available for the parents to send the child to the school of their choice is called a(n) _____ system.

• charter

• voucher

• formal

• private

A society in which social status is based on ability and achievement rather than social-class background or parental status is called _____.

• tracking

• meritocracy

• manifest function

• multicultural education

A function that has an intended and recognized result is a(n) _____ function.

• manifest

• cognitive

• cultural

• formal

A nonbureaucratic approach to education that is noncompetitive and flexible is called a(n) ____ ______.

• cooperative learning

• open classroom

• formal school

• private school