Chapter 13: Education

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Across
  1. 4. an overemphasis on credentials (e.g. college degrees) for signaling social status or qualifications for a job
  2. 7. when members of a negatively stereotyped group are placed in a situation where they fear they may confirm those stereotypes
  3. 8. a set of policies that grant preferential treatment to a number of particular subgroups within the population – typically women and historically disadvantaged racial minorities
  4. 9. the symbolic and interactional resources that people use to their advantage in various situations
Down
  1. 1. the information, knowledge of people, and connections that help individuals enter, gain power in, or otherwise leverage social networks
  2. 2. hypothesis stating that parental resources are finite and that each additional child gets a smaller amount of them
  3. 3. the nonacademic and less overt socialization functions of schooling
  4. 5. a way of dividing students into different classes by ability or future plans
  5. 6. the process through which academic, social, and cultural skills are developed