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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS 1.The functionalist view of education focuses on: a.how education serves as a force in social integration. b.how education maintains the stratification system. c.the relationships between students, teachers and parents. d.how education serves the political system. 2.Assuming new roles and learning proper behavior in interacting with peers and teachers is an element of which of the functions of education? a.cultural transmissionc.innovation b.social placementd.socialization 3.Learning core values – the traditional ways of thinking and acting – as well as learning to challenge those very traditions, is part of which function of education? a.socializationc.cultural transmission b.social placementd.innovation 4.If the transmission of culture is successful, an additional function of education is served – that of: a.social placement.c.innovation. b.social control.d.assimilation. 5.Learning to adapt to change and to become agents of change is an element of which function of education? a.cultural transmissionc.social placement b.innovationd.socialization 6.From the functionalist perspective, which of the following describes the role of U.S. education in social placement? a.Education functions enhance and continue meritocracy. b.Schools use social background instead of achievement to evaluate performance. c. Schooling evens out differences in students’ aptitudes and abilities. d.Formal education has little impact on social mobility. 7.Sociologists use the term __________ to describe the situation which an individual’s qualification for a job or social status is based on the completion of some aspect of formal education. a,meritocracyc.credentialism b.capitalismd.educationalism 8.Which of the following illustrates the fact that a formerly latent function of education has now become a manifest function? a.Colleges are not only places of higher learning, they are also now openly serving as a marriage market. b.American colleges are now expected to serve as the place where long-term business relationships are forged. c.Colleges are expected to select and funnel the best athletes and business people to the professional ranks. d.Schools are now openly serving the babysitting function for latch-key kids. 9.Which of the following is/are (a) recognized dysfunction(s) of education? a.Schools provide a babysitting service for working parents. b.Bringing masses of children together as peers contributes to a weakening of parental authority. c.School bureaucracy and teacher demands enhance parents’ goals for their children. d.all of the above 10.According to conflict theory, the principal function of schooling in the U.S. is to: a.enhance the working skills of the masses. b.reproduce and reinforce inequality. c.keep the U.S. ahead in global competition. d.assign future roles to students based on talent and motivation. 1