Lesson 03B2.3.2

03B2.3.2 Theoretical approaches to differential educational achievement Quiz: OCR Sociology, Unit 9

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The 20 questions

  1. Which sociological perspective argues that education functions primarily to select and stream pupils by ability?

    • Feminism
    • Interactionsim
    • Marxism
    • Functionalism

  2. What term describes the shared values and norms passed down through generations, often linked to class achievement gaps?

    • Social capital
    • Cultural capital
    • Economic capital
    • Human capital

  3. Which sociologist famously studied working-class subcultures in a boys' grammar school using participant observation?

    • Paul Willis
    • Howard Becker
    • Basil Bernstein
    • Stephen Ball

  4. Which language code is typically used by the working class, according to Basil Bernstein?

    • Universal code
    • Formal code
    • Elaborated code
    • Restricted code

  5. What is the term for when a teacher's false prediction about a student's potential inevitably comes true?

    • Hawthorne effect
    • Halo effect
    • Self-fulfilling prophecy
    • Pygmalion effect

  6. Which Marxist theorist coined the term 'ideological state apparatus' to describe the education system?

    • Louis Althusser
    • Samuel Bowles
    • Pierre Bourdieu
    • Herbert Gintis

  7. What term describes the informal or hidden lessons taught implicitly in schools alongside the official curriculum?

    • Latent curriculum
    • Secondary curriculum
    • Parallel curriculum
    • Hidden curriculum

  8. Which concept developed by Bowles and Gintis suggests a close parallel between school structures and the workplace?

    • Correspondence principle
    • Meritocracy myth
    • Cultural reproduction
    • Deferred gratification

  9. What describes the belief that achievement is based purely on fair competition, individual talent, and effort?

    • Technocracy
    • Plutocracy
    • Meritocracy
    • Democracy

  10. Which factor involving poor housing, dampness and overcrowding is classified as a material deprivation barrier?

    • Language codes
    • Parental attitudes
    • Speech patterns
    • Housing conditions

  11. What financial barrier relates to the inability to afford textbooks, uniforms, and transport costs for school?

    • Material deprivation
    • Internal deprivation
    • Social deprivation
    • Cultural deprivation

  12. Which streaming practice groups students by perceived ability across all subjects, often disadvantaging the working class?

    • Mentoring
    • Differentiation
    • Streaming
    • Setting

  13. What type of ability grouping sorts students by capability in specific individual subjects rather than overall?

    • Grouping
    • Tracking
    • Streaming
    • Setting

  14. Which subculture is typically formed by lower-stream students who reject school values and invert them?

    • Anti-school subculture
    • Alternative subculture
    • Counter-cultural group
    • Pro-school subculture

  15. Which Marxist concept explains how the education system helps wealthy parents pass on advantages to their children?

    • Class reproduction
    • Cultural mobility
    • Social mobility
    • Status attainment

  16. What is the term for the financial resources and assets that can be converted into direct educational advantages?

    • Cultural capital
    • Social capital
    • Economic capital
    • Symbolic capital

  17. Which network of useful social contacts and relationships did Bourdieu argue wealthy families use to benefit education?

    • Social capital
    • Cultural capital
    • Human capital
    • Network capital

  18. What approach argues that working-class parents place less value on education and fail to support homework?

    • Structural deprivation
    • Cultural deprivation
    • External deprivation
    • Material deprivation

  19. Which specific cultural capital asset involves possession of educational qualifications and valued knowledge?

    • Social capital
    • Habitus
    • Economic capital
    • Institutional capital

  20. Which sociological approach claims that the state education system predominantly serves ruling-class interests?

    • Functionalism
    • Interactionism
    • Marxism
    • Feminism

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