Chapter 14 Flashcards
Teacher expectancy effect:
the effect of the teachers expectations on accident actual performance, independent of the students ability.
Brown versus Board of Education:
the 1954 Supreme Court decision that ruled separate but equal public facilities to be unconstitutional
Individualized education programs:
a list of programs and services available at a school to help students successfully learn; programs include options for students with both learning disabilities and physical disabilities.
Stereotype threat:
the effect of a negative stereotype about one’s self upon one’s own test performance.
Self-fulfilling prophecy:
the process by which merely applying a label changes behavior and thus tends to justify the label
Schooling:
socialization that involves formal and institutionalized aspects of education.
Latent functions:
subtle, unintended consequences of an institutional element of which the participants (the people) are usually unaware
Affordable care act:
: the nation’s health care reform law that has extended some healthcare insurance to larger segments of the US population.
Tracking:
grouping, or stratifying, students in school on the basis of ability test scores.
Cultural capital:
cultural resource that are socially designated as being worthy and that give advantages to groups possessing such capital.
Stigma:
an attribute that is socially devalued and discredited.
Obesity:
a classification of someone who is severely overweight and at risk for a variety of health problems
Medicaid:
a governmental assistance program that provides healthcare’s assistance for the poor, including the elderly.
Achievement test:
test intended to measure what is actually learned rather than potential
Medicare
a governmental assistance program established in the 1960s to provide health services for older Americans.
