Why Would Sociologists Who Study Academic Performance Be Interested in the Lives

question 5

Multiple Choice

Why would sociologists who study academic performance be interested in the lives of first-year students before they enter college or university?

• A)Sociologists are particularly well equipped to study individuals' intelligence quotients and the impact of intelligence on academic performance.
• B)Sociologists are particularly well equipped to study the influences of students' backgrounds-such as family influences-on academic performance.
• C)Sociologists who took sociology courses in high school are particularly well equipped to study the academic performance of students entering college or university for the first time.
• D)Students who excel academically are likely to attend schools closer to home.

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Definitions:

Natural Selection

Darwin's theory by which traits that enhance survival and reproduction become more common in successive generations of a population.

Successive Generations

Refers to the series of offspring that follow one after another in a biological lineage, each inheriting genetic material from the previous generation.

Mating Between Relatives

The breeding of organisms that are closely related genetically, often leading to an increased chance of hereditary health problems.

Population Genetics

The study of the distribution and changes of allele frequency in a population, as influenced by evolutionary processes.