Lesson 4.1.1.1
4.1.1.1 Role and functions of the education system Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 1
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The 20 questions
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According to Durkheim, education helps integrate individuals into society by creating what?
- Role allocation
- False consciousness
- Cultural capital
- Social solidarity
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According to Parsons, schools act as a bridge by moving pupils towards which standards?
- Universalistic standards
- Ascribed standards
- Ideological standards
- Particularistic standards
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Davis and Moore argue that education performs which key function for social stratification?
- Marketisation
- Role allocation
- Social solidarity
- Cultural reproduction
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Which principle, described by Bowles and Gintis, states that school mirrors the workplace?
- Marketisation principle
- Ideological principle
- Correspondence principle
- Meritocracy principle
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According to Althusser, education is an example of which type of state apparatus?
- Hegemonic
- Coercive
- Ideological
- Repressive
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Which term describes working-class acceptance of ruling-class ideology against their own interests?
- Meritocracy
- Cultural capital
- False consciousness
- Hegemony
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Which functionalist term describes building the skills and knowledge needed for economic productivity?
- Human capital
- Symbolic capital
- Social capital
- Cultural capital
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Which sociological perspective argues that streaming in schools reproduces class inequality?
- Functionalism
- The New Right
- Feminism
- Marxism
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Judging a pupil on exam results rather than family background relies on which status?
- Hegemonic status
- Ascribed status
- Particularistic status
- Achieved status
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Expanding university places to meet specific employer skill needs best illustrates which concept?
- Human capital theory
- Labelling theory
- Cultural reproduction
- Symbolic violence
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According to New Right theorists, which mechanism improves standards in the education system?
- State control
- Comprehensive schooling
- Market competition
- Social engineering
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Which concept describes high-status culture that gives middle-class pupils an educational advantage?
- Economic capital
- Cultural capital
- Human capital
- Social capital
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What main criticism do Marxists make of the functionalist view of education?
- It ignores economics
- It rejects meritocracy
- It overemphasises conflict
- It ignores inequality
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Which policy is an example of marketisation in the UK education system?
- Comprehensive schooling
- Publishing league tables
- Standardised national curriculum
- Raising leaving age
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Teaching pupils to follow rules and cooperate in teams promotes which Durkheimian concept?
- Universalistic values
- Social solidarity
- Role allocation
- Cultural capital
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What do Marxists call the idea that education falsely claims to offer equal opportunities?
- Hidden curriculum
- Correspondent principle
- Myth of meritocracy
- Cultural capital
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Which process involves state schools competing against each other for pupils like market businesses?
- Vocationalism
- Marketisation
- Selection
- Privatisation
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Which sociologist showed that working-class pupils actively form a counter-school culture?
- Samuel Bowles
- Talcott Parsons
- Louis Althusser
- Paul Willis
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According to Marxists, vocational education in schools mainly serves to reproduce what?
- Gender stereotypes
- Ethnic integration
- Class inequalities
- Meritocratic rewards
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Which social factor creates persistent educational attainment gaps between pupils of equal ability?
- School location
- Exam board
- Birth month
- Social class
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