unit 3

Question 1

endogamy

Answer 1

marriage to someone within one’s social group such a s race, social class or religious affiliation

Question 2

tracking

Answer 2

the practice of dividing students into different classes based on ability or interests

Question 3

second shift

Answer 3

house and child care related work that women do at home

Question 4

intimate partner violence

Answer 4

physical, emotional, economic or sexual abuse that is used against an adult or adolescent partner to gain power and maintain control

Question 5

hidden curriculum

Answer 5

the nonacademic less overs socialization functions of schooling

Question 6

polygamy

Answer 6

practice of having more than one sexual partner

Question 7

stereotype threat

Answer 7

term used to refer how students will conform to teachers and administrators expectations for behavior and academic success

Question 8

affirmative action

Answer 8

set of policies that grant preferential treatment to particular subgroups

Question 9

social movements

Answer 9

large groups of people who seek to accomplish or to block a process of social change

Question 10

exogamy

Answer 10

marriage to someone of another group

Question 11

popinquity

Answer 11

the state of being physically/geographically close to someone

Question 12

economic liberalism

Answer 12

economic decisions should be made by individuals free of government intervention

Question 13

pygmalion effect

Answer 13

explanation used to explain why some minority or underprivileged groups do worse on high stake testing focusing on the fear of conforming to low expectations

Question 14

functional illiteracy

Answer 14

an inability to read or write well enough to function in society

Question 15

innumeracy

Answer 15

an ability to perform well enough to function in society

Question 16

resource dilution model

Answer 16

hypothesis suggesting that children in larger families will get fewer resources than those in smaller families

Question 17

oligopoly

Answer 17

when a handful of firms dominate a particular market

Question 18

coleman report

Answer 18

1966 study that blamed families and peers for differences in student achievement rather than schools

Question 19

matthew effect

Answer 19

success cumulates so that certain scientists will get notice and accolades for their work if they are famous or associated with a famous institution

Question 20

cohabitation

Answer 20

romantic couples living together without being married

Question 21

monogamy

Answer 21

practice of having only one sexual or married partner at a time

Question 22

family wage

Answer 22

money paid to male workers that was sufficient to support children and a spouse

Question 23

service sector

Answer 23

the section of the economy that provides intangible services

Question 24

monopoly

Answer 24

occurs when one seller of a good or service dominates the market

Question 25

boundary work

Answer 25

research conducted on the border between legitimate and non legitimate science

Question 26

national science foundation

Answer 26

federal agency that handle the distribution of resources to researchers and research projects

Question 27

labor unions

Answer 27

workers organization intended to protect workers’ interests and rights

Question 28

collective action

Answer 28

action that takes place in groups and diverges from social norms

Question 29

revolutionary

Answer 29

a social movement that seeks the radical reorganization of society