Deck 9: Schools and Delinquency

Question 1

What is noted about the quality and extent of the educational experience among our young people?

A)it is the same as the 1920s
B)it is static
C)it seldom changes
D)it varies among our young people

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Delos Kelly showed that juvenile delinquents,or at least those who had been officially identified by the legal system as such __________.

A)were never allowed in schools
B)could not benefit from an education
C)were treated the same as other students
D)were at a significant disadvantage in the classroom

Answer 2

D

Question 3

While in school,lower class boys __________.

A)experience the same treatment as middle class boys
B)are not noticed
C)experience a great deal of failure
D)work harder than most other students

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In his book Creating School Failure,Youth Crime and Deviance,Delos Kelly illustrated how the school's initial labeling __________.

A)has a lasting impact on the child's entire educational career
B)seldom affects children who eventually graduate from college
C)is usually offset by other socialization factors
D)usually results in changing parental patterns of behavior

Question 5

In a study of Chicago public schools,Howard Becker documented teachers' preference for __________.

A)high class Caucasians
B)disadvantaged minorities
C)poor minorities
D)white middle class children

Question 6

Which of the following is least likely to be characteristic of a teacher?

A)white
B)middle class
C)Catholic
D)Protestant

Question 7

A public place where individuals or groups are pitted against each other in struggles to determine dominance and often survival is referred to as __________.

A)an arena
B)a park
C)a recreational zone
D)a shock zone

Question 8

In his book Savage Inequities,Kozol found that the disparities between predominantly black schools and predominantly white school districts __________.

A)could not be noticed
B)were non-existent
C)were slight
D)had grown greater

Question 9

Students labeled as "bright," "gifted," "polite," and "obedient" are likely

A)not to be noticed
B)to be neglected
C)to conform to the positive expectations entailed in these roles
D)to be shunned by the less fortunate students

Question 10

School hallways are becoming increasingly an arena of __________.

A)haves and have nots
B)popular and unpopular
C)bullies and the bullied
D)freaks and geeks

Question 11

According to the Labeling Approach,a negative label has impact upon the juvenile's self-concept and may very well influence future behavior which culminates in the __________.

A)"death wish"
B)self-fulfilling prophecy
C)neurotic syndrome
D)feeling of negative superiority

Question 12

Zieman interviewed delinquent junior high school boys and they reported that school was perceived as __________.

A)a place of discomfort associated with confrontations
B)lack of success
C)both a and b
D)a dangerous place to be

Question 13

Dropout and delinquency rates __________.

A)are generally the same across communities
B)are difficult to analyze
C)seldom have any noticeable effects
D)vary greatly across communities

Question 14

How is high school represented in most young people's lives?

A)as unimportant
B)as boring
C)as a "defining moment"
D)as a serious academic challenge

Question 15

According to Ethnologist Robert Ardrey,a struggle for both status and for territory is referred to as __________.

A)arena behavior
B)social interaction
C)socialization
D)abnormal behavior

Question 16

Most studies indicate that poor performance in school and negative school experiences are __________.

A)"blown out of proportion"
B)not related
C)seldom noticed by school administrators
D)significantly related to juvenile delinquency

Question 17

Identify the first social institution beyond the family to be entrusted as a major agent of socialization for children.

A)the church
B)the school
C)the playground
D)an immediate neighbor

Question 18

Which of the following refers to an educational strategy in which students considered to be roughly equivalent in intelligence,based upon standardized tests,previous academic performance,and other criteria are placed in the same classroom?

A)stacking
B)tracking
C)whacking
D)shacking

Question 19

It has become widely proclaimed in our society that the opportunity for education is __________.

A)a right
B)a privilege
C)the same for all
D)available to only a few

Question 20

How many U.S.children make a relatively easy transition as they move from home to school?

A)none
B)few
C)one-half
D)most

Question 21

According to William Sanders,what are the most common targets of malevolent vandalism?

A)schools
B)churches
C)playgrounds
D)street corners

Question 22

Compulsory attendance laws actually require that few children attend school for a specified period of time.

Question 23

In 2007,the American Psychological Association Task Force concluded that each year __________.

A)1 out of 10 students will be threatened by another student
B)250,000 teachers are threatened or injured on the job
C)the psychological toll of fear of violence causes teacher absences
D)violence decreases in schools across the United States

Question 24

The church is usually the first social institution beyond the family to be entrusted as a major agent of socialization for children.

Question 25

The frustration-aggression hypothesis states that frustration arises when an individual is frustrated __________.

A)by homework
B)when unable to reach some desired goal
C)by teachers
D)by administrators

Question 26

Lane reviewed the research examining the connection between juvenile delinquency and learning disabilities and found a clear relationship between the two.

Question 27

School violence peaked in the United States during the

A)1952-1953
B)1968-1969
C)1984-1985
D)1992-1993

Question 28

The quality and extent of the educational experience varies among our young people.

Question 29

Events like Columbine reminded Americans that children are not safe from violence even when at school.

Question 30

Basically,the school's responsibilities in regard to socialization are twofold: the transmission of cognitive skills,and the transmission of normative culture.

Question 31

Few states have a compulsory attendance law up to a certain age.

Question 32

Cyberbullying rarely escalates into physical violence but it can have an impact on teen suicide.

Question 33

Few studies indicate that poor performance in school and negative school experiences are significantly related to juvenile delinquency.

Question 34

How much of a problem is truancy or "skipping school"?

A)it is a minor problem
B)it is not a problem
C)it is a major problem
D)there is no way of knowing if it is a problem

Question 35

The self-fulfilling prophecy in education reveals that a negative label can impact a juvenile's self-concept and may influence future behavior.

Question 36

In Kozol's book on Savage Inequalities,he found that American schools represented a form of Apartheid.