Advocates of Resistance Theory Maintain That Working-Class Students Show Resistance

question 7

Multiple Choice

Advocates of resistance theory maintain that working-class students show resistance in schools partly because school norms and expectations

• A)allow permissive behavior.
• B)promote the irrelevant middle-class values of teachers.
• C)promote a college preparatory program.
• D)all of the above

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Definitions:

Normative Influence

The impact of norms, values, and expectations of society or a group on an individual's behavior.

Direct Influence

The immediate impact or control one individual or group has over another's actions or decisions.

Empirical

Based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic.

Theoretical

Pertaining to a system of ideas intended to explain phenomena, often abstract and not immediately practical.