Suppose You Took a Symbolic Interactionist Perspective on Socialization in Schools.What

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Multiple Choice

Suppose you took a symbolic interactionist perspective on socialization in schools.What claim would you likely make?

• A) What happens daily influences students' beliefs about gender and ideas about aggression or cooperation.
• B) Some students have more ability to master the hidden curriculum than others.
• C) Schools effectively select,train,and prepare individuals for placement in different positions in society.
• D) Teachers systematically evaluate and systematically compare students with one another.

Analyze the functional prerequisites necessary for the survival and operation of social systems.

Recognize the critiques of structural functionalism in terms of its handling of social change, conflict, and cohesion.

Differentiate between various forms of differentiation in society per Talcott Parsons' theory.

Grasp the concept of dysfunctions in social structures and institutions as identified by Robert Merton.

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Definitions:

Formal-Operations

The stage of cognitive development in Piaget's theory, characterized by the ability to think about abstract and hypothetical situations.

Accommodation

A cognitive process described by Piaget in which existing mental schemas are modified or new schemas are created to incorporate new information.

Schema

A cognitive framework or concept that helps organize and interpret information in the mind.

Old Schema

Pre-existing mental structures or frameworks that help individuals organize and interpret information, based on past experiences and knowledge.