SOC 105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tyin, Victim Blaming, Tral

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 105
• Professor: Kristen Shorette

Document Summary

Mandatory education laws: require all kids to be schooled until certain age/completion of a mini grade in school. Cultural capital ([inherited] perks w/soc location: highly edu parents, higher expectations, cul. Exp better grades) are among perks of being born into wealthy families. Placement (func of edu to funnel ppl into society"s various positions) through tracking (sorting of students based on real/perceived abilities); child care. Curriculum (like teaching of obedience to authority & conformity to cul. Unequal school funding: richer community = better schools. Background: whites more likely to finish hs & go to college. Worthy kids more likely to go to college & elite ones. Symbolic interactionist on education: rist research: self-fulfilling prophecy (org. false assertion become true simply b/c it was predicted). Grade inflation: general raise in kid"s grades w/o corresponding incr in learning. Social promotion: passing kids to next lvl although not yet mastered basic materials. Functional illiterate: hs graduate having trouble w/reading & writing.