Many sociologists argue that older theories of inherited intelligence and IQ tests have been discredited What concept did Gillborn and Youdell (2001) find had replaced of IQ in many Uk schools ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Older people living in housing for the elderly workers in an offshore oil rig rodeo cowboys and circus performers-all are examples of what sociologists refer to as_______________?

   A. subcultures
   B. countercultures
   C. cultural universals
   D. argot

2. Older people living in housing for the elderly, workers in an offshore oil rig rodeo cowboys and circus performers-all are examples of what sociologists refer to as_____________?

   A. subcultures
   B. countercultures
   C. cultural universals
   D. argot

3. In studying the strategies that students employ to create appearances after grades have awarded sociologists Daniel Albas and Cheryl Albas drew upon the concept of impression managements developed by______________?

   A. George Herbert Mead
   B. Charles Horton Cooley
   C. Erving Goffman
   D. Jean Piaget

4. Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that_______________?

   A. it concentrates too much on kinship ties
   B. the government should be raising benefit levels
   C. in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor
   D. it is wrong to make comparisons between countries

5. Critics of the concept of relative poverty argue that______________?

   A. it concentrates too much on kinship ties
   B. the government should be raising benefit levels
   C. in modern affluent societies no one is truly poor
   D. it is wrong to make comparisons between countries

6. A set of behavioral expectations that are linked to chronological and biological age that change as we get older are referred to as____________?

   A. maturational motivations
   B. activity norms
   C. age grades
   D. continuity contingencies
   E. disengagement techniques

7. What is the process by which schools help to perpetuate social and economic inequalities across the generation called______________?

   A. cultural reproduction
   B. passive consumption
   C. conceptual abstraction
   D. formal communication

8. In 2001 in England and Wales what was the average age at first marriage for men ?

   A. 24.6
   B. 25.4
   C. 27.5
   D. 30.6

9. The al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks on American targets on 11th September 2001 In what year did al-Qaeda bomb a nightclub on the Indonesian island of Bali Killing more than 200 people ?

   A. 1999
   B. 2004
   C. 2004
   D. 2002

10. The rise in patriotism following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is an example of what function of deviance ?

    A. Warning
    B. Solidarity
    C. Unification
    D. Authoritarian
    E. Boundary setting