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101. In a society with a (n) ___________ the political and religious institutions often act in harmony and mutually reinforce each other,s powers over their relative spheres of influence ?
- A. denomination
- B. ecclesia
- C. cult
- D. sect
Explanation: An ecclesia is a formally recognised state religion whose institutions are closely connected with political authority. This relationship allows religious and political institutions to support one another while regulating their respective spheres.
Correct answer: ecclesia102. Which of the following does NOT account for the rise in the cost of health care ?
- A. Classical rules that govern marketplace exchanges have been applied to the health care industry for decades
- B. Labor costs have risen sharply
- C. The continual upgrading in the scope and intensity of medical services is costly
- D. The concept of "health" has been expanded to include mental and psychological difficulties and "condition" such as infertility
Explanation: Rising labour costs, increasingly intensive medical services and the broader definition of health all raise healthcare expenditure. Applying classical marketplace rules is not generally identified as a cause of the continuing rise in healthcare costs.
Correct answer: Classical rules that govern marketplace exchanges have been applied to the health care industry for decades103. Educational self-fulfilling prophecies_______________?
- A. exist where children fail to learn because teachers cannot teach.
- B. are unlikely to exist when teachers' assessments of students are grounded by the stereotype's teachers hold of various classes and racial groups
- C. may result in student alienation and failure
- D. none of the above
Explanation: A teacher's expectation can influence treatment and opportunities, causing students to perform in ways that confirm the original expectation. Such educational self-fulfilling prophecies can produce alienation, poor performance and failure.
Correct answer: may result in student alienation and failure104. Which of the following is NOT a function of education ?
- A. completing socialization
- B. social integration
- C. research and development
- D. procreation
Explanation: Education completes socialisation, promotes social integration and supports research and development. Procreation is a function of the family and reproductive system, not education.
Correct answer: procreation105. One purpose of education is to help students acquire the skills they need to be successful in society This is an example of a(n) ?
- A. constructed reality
- B. latent function
- C. manifest function
- D. entrenched function
Explanation: A manifest function is an intended and recognized consequence of an institution; teaching useful social skills is an explicit purpose of education. Latent functions are unintended or less visible consequences.
Correct answer: manifest function106. According to lllich which one of the following is NOT transmitted through the hidden curriculum ?
- A. curiosity
- B. passivity
- C. conformity
- D. hierarchy
Explanation: For Illich, the hidden curriculum of schooling teaches passivity, conformity and acceptance of hierarchy, whereas curiosity is not one of the main dispositions it identifies as being transmitted. Therefore curiosity is the exception.
Correct answer: curiosity107. In which of these regions is public education expenditure lowest?
- A. Central Asia
- B. North America and Western Europe
- C. Latin America and the Caribbean
- D. Arab States
Explanation: Among the listed regions, Central Asia is generally identified with the lowest public education expenditure in the comparative data used for this question. North America and Western Europe, by contrast, have relatively high public education spending.
Correct answer: Central Asia108. Which one of the following is not part of Bowles and Ginits,s (1976) Marxist thesis on schooling under capitalism ?
- A. head teachers often encourage working class children to be ambitious
- B. the structures of school life correspond to the structures of working life
- C. education is a great divider not a leveler
- D. schools provide the right kind of future workers for capitalist employersAccess Government Careers
Explanation: Bowles and Gintis argued that schooling reproduces capitalist relations by mirroring workplace authority and producing suitably disciplined workers; it is not generally presented as encouraging working-class ambition. Hence option a does not belong to their thesis.
Correct answer: head teachers often encourage working class children to be ambitious109. Symbolic interactionists ?
- A. view "sickness" as a condition to which we attach socially devised meanings
- B. are not interested in how the medical profession defines certain conditions as diseases
- C. refer to the rising geriatric prisoner population in need of medical treatment as the "medicalization of deviance
- D. none of the aboveAccess Government Careers
Explanation: Symbolic interactionists examine how labels and meanings are socially created, so they treat sickness as a condition whose meaning is shaped through interaction. They are especially interested in how professionals define and label illness, making option b false.
Correct answer: view "sickness" as a condition to which we attach socially devised meanings110. The interaction between physician and patient ?
- A. is rooted in a tradition of equality
- B. is based on the physician ability to reduce the "competence gap" between the physician and patient
- C. may be evolving into a new type of relationship based on consumerism
- D. is governed by the patient who manages the direction of the discussion
Explanation: The traditional physician-patient relationship was strongly unequal, with the physician holding greater knowledge and authority. Consumerism is encouraging a more negotiated relationship in which patients act more like informed consumers.
Correct answer: may be evolving into a new type of relationship based on consumerism