Education
"Acting white" thesis - correct answerblack students do not aspire to or strive to get
good grades because it is perceived as "acting white"
Abstract and concrete attitudes - correct answerAbstract attitudes are ideas that are
consistent with mainstream societal views, while concrete attitudes are ideas that are
based on actual experience
Achievement Gap - correct answerDisparity on a number of educational measures
between the performance of groups of students, especially groups defined by gender,
race, ethnicity, ability, and socioeconomic status
Assimilation - correct answerProcess of assimilation or acculturation; In an official
curriculum, students learn a common language and a common set of facts about a
country's history, geography, and culture
Between-School Effects: Do Schools and Neighborhoods Matter? - correct
answerColeman found that schools in the United States were highly segregated;
Children left behind --> Differences in the economic and social backdrop of the schools
—the housing values of the neighborhoods in which the schools were located— led to
very different school settings
Charter Schools - correct answerPublic schools run by private entities to give parents
greater control over their children's education
Conflict Theory - correct answerEducational system reinforces and perpetuates social
inequalities that arise from differences in class, gender, race, and ethnicity; Educational
systems preserve the status quo and push people of lower status into obedience;
Students of low socioeconomic status are generally not afforded the same opportunities
as students of higher status, no matter how great their academic ability or desire to
learn
Credentialism - correct answerProponents of credentialist theories of education argue
that the diploma is more important than the content of one's education; Certificates or
degrees serve as a symbol of what a person has achieved, allowing the labeling of that
individual
Cultural and Social-Psychological
Influences on Student Outcomes - correct answer"Acting white" thesis; Abstract and
concrete attitudes; Cultural navigators; Gender gap; Stereotype threat; Stereotype
promise; Educational policy today
Cultural capital (Pierre Bourdieu) - correct answerAdvantages that well-to-do parents
usually provide their children
"Acting white" thesis - correct answerblack students do not aspire to or strive to get
good grades because it is perceived as "acting white"
Abstract and concrete attitudes - correct answerAbstract attitudes are ideas that are
consistent with mainstream societal views, while concrete attitudes are ideas that are
based on actual experience
Achievement Gap - correct answerDisparity on a number of educational measures
between the performance of groups of students, especially groups defined by gender,
race, ethnicity, ability, and socioeconomic status
Assimilation - correct answerProcess of assimilation or acculturation; In an official
curriculum, students learn a common language and a common set of facts about a
country's history, geography, and culture
Between-School Effects: Do Schools and Neighborhoods Matter? - correct
answerColeman found that schools in the United States were highly segregated;
Children left behind --> Differences in the economic and social backdrop of the schools
—the housing values of the neighborhoods in which the schools were located— led to
very different school settings
Charter Schools - correct answerPublic schools run by private entities to give parents
greater control over their children's education
Conflict Theory - correct answerEducational system reinforces and perpetuates social
inequalities that arise from differences in class, gender, race, and ethnicity; Educational
systems preserve the status quo and push people of lower status into obedience;
Students of low socioeconomic status are generally not afforded the same opportunities
as students of higher status, no matter how great their academic ability or desire to
learn
Credentialism - correct answerProponents of credentialist theories of education argue
that the diploma is more important than the content of one's education; Certificates or
degrees serve as a symbol of what a person has achieved, allowing the labeling of that
individual
Cultural and Social-Psychological
Influences on Student Outcomes - correct answer"Acting white" thesis; Abstract and
concrete attitudes; Cultural navigators; Gender gap; Stereotype threat; Stereotype
promise; Educational policy today
Cultural capital (Pierre Bourdieu) - correct answerAdvantages that well-to-do parents
usually provide their children
