Lesson 4.1.1.3
4.1.1.3 Relationships and processes within schools Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 1
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Which term describes the unwritten norms and values taught to pupils through daily school routines?
- Ethnocentric curriculum
- Formal curriculum
- Hidden curriculum
- Vocational curriculum
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Which sociologist coined the term 'hidden curriculum' to describe classroom routines like queuing and waiting?
- Paul Willis
- Philip Jackson
- David Hargreaves
- Howard Becker
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According to Howard Becker, teachers judge pupils against an image of what?
- The model citizen
- The ideal pupil
- The top achiever
- The obedient child
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David Hargreaves argued that streaming led to which process, creating opposing pupil subcultures?
- Marginalisation
- Assimilation
- Polarisation
- Integration
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Which sociological concept explains how teacher expectations shape a pupil's identity and educational success?
- Labelling
- Stratification
- Socialisation
- Secularisation
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What do interactionist sociologists focus on when studying teacher-pupil relationships?
- Economic output
- Biological traits
- Negotiated meanings
- Structural functions
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What term describes placing pupils into ability groups across all subjects?
- Tripartite system
- Streaming
- Mixed-ability grouping
- Setting
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What do sociologists argue setting and streaming tend to reinforce?
- Gender parity
- Cultural integration
- Social class inequality
- Meritocratic outcomes
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Which culture did Paul Willis identify among 'the lads' in his study?
- Pro-school culture
- Meritocratic subculture
- Deferred gratification
- Counter-school culture
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What does the hidden curriculum transmit regarding different types of knowledge?
- Equal importance
- High-status value
- Scientific objectivity
- Economic neutrality
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Which concept describes teachers attaching labels to pupils based on expectations?
- Material deprivation
- Collective conscience
- Cultural capital
- Labelling
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What do critics argue interactionist approaches to education tend to ignore?
- Teacher attitudes
- Classroom interactions
- Structural inequalities
- Individual meanings
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What term describes pupil groups that reject the dominant values of school?
- Formal organisations
- Professional associations
- Anti-school subcultures
- Pro-school subcultures
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Which phenomenon occurs when teacher expectations directly cause a pupil's outcome?
- Cultural capital
- Material deprivation
- Educational triage
- Self-fulfilling prophecy
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Why do sociologists argue that school organisation is not neutral?
- Lacks formal rules
- Favours dominant groups
- Ignores curriculum content
- Treats everyone equally
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Which peer group response allows pupils to resist school authority together?
- Institutional conformity
- Counter-school subculture
- Parentocracy
- Academic elite
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What is a key limitation of small-scale qualitative studies in schools?
- Lack of depth
- High validity
- Low generalisability
- High reliability
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How do traditional schools maintain order in teacher-pupil relationships?
- Anarchic consensus
- Hierarchical authority
- Equal negotiation
- Peer mediation
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What do feminists argue school processes help to reinforce?
- Racial equality
- Gender stereotypes
- Meritocratic ideals
- Class mobility
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Which example best illustrates learning through the hidden curriculum?
- Studying GCSE Maths
- Queuing for lunch
- Sitting an exam
- Learning history dates
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