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CLEP Social Sciences And History
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Answer 41 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Initiated from actual observation and built into a general theory.
structural functionalism
interpretative
generalization
theological stage
2. A technique of differentiating between factors that may or may not influence the relationship between variable.
deductive theory
experimental group
control
positive stage
3. Perspectives of symbolic interaction - dramaturgy - and ethnomethodology.
theological stage
structural functionalism
deductive theory
interpretative
4. A research method where subjects are interviewed about their opinions - beliefs - behavior - in a series of questions - to aid the researcher in collecting information about general population characteristics or collecting information about some even
social sciences
sociology
theological stage
survey method
5. Making use of statistical and other mathematical techniques of quantification or measurement in an effort to describe and interpret observations.
quantitative methods
humanistic perspective
Talcott Parsons
causal relationship
6. A sample where every member of the population has the same chance of being chose for a study - and selecting as many as are thought necessary to achieve representativeness.
independent variable
scientific perspective
random sample
interpretative
7. Primarily concerned with acquiring objective empirical knowledge and not with the uses to which such knowledge is put. Concerned with 'what it' and not with 'what should be.'
Auguste Comte
interpretative
generalization
scientific perspective
8. Sought to explain the origins of capitalism.
Max Weber
Herbert Spencer
conflict theory
correlational relationship
9. Studied suicide.
experimental group
Emile Durkheim
stratified sampling
Max Weber
10. Auguste Comte's belief that scientists look to the real world for an explanation of what is observed.
experimental group
structural functionalism
metaphysical stage
inductive theory
11. Inspired by writings of Emile Durkeim and Herbert Spencer which said the components of a society are interdependent - with each one serving a function necessary for the survival of the system as a whole.
generalization
inductive theory
structural functionalism
sociological imagination
12. Researcher try to understand either causal or correlational relationships between variables - either independent or dependent variables.
causal relationship
Karl Marx
explanatory survey
Auguste Comte
13. Coined the term sociology in 1838 to demarcate the field - its subject matter - and methods.
Harriet Martineau
verstehen
Auguste Comte
Talcott Parsons
14. Proceeds from the concrete observations from which general conclusions are inferred through a process of reasoning.
theological stage
verstehen
experimental group
inductive theory
15. Concerned with psychology with its emphasis on behavior and mental processes - social life - economic with its emphasis on production - distribution - and consumption of goods - political science with emphasis on political philosophy and forms of gov
social sciences
Herbert Spencer
conflict theory
generalization
16. A means to advance human welfare through self-realization - full development of the cultivated personality - improvement of the human social condition.
humanistic perspective
conflict theory
scientific perspective
correlational relationship
17. Advocated grand theory - involving the building of a theory of society based on aspects of the real world to form a society as a stable system of interrelated parts.
stratified sampling
correlational relationship
Talcott Parsons
explanatory survey
18. A variable that is being influenced by another variable.
interpretative
quantitative methods
dependent variable
explanatory survey
19. One of three approaches to recent sociology studies. Views society as being characterized by conflict and inequality. Questions such factors as race - gender - social class - and age and the unequal distribution of socially valued goods and rewards (
Karl Marx
conflict theory
representative sample
verstehen
20. A type of sampling that uses the differences that already exist in a population as the basis for selecting a sample i.e. - male/female. The researcher can then determine the percentage of each group - then randomly select a number of persons to be st
positive stage
stratified sampling
Karl Marx
quantitative methods
21. A group of subjects exposed to a particular condition in a study.
Karl Marx
qualitative methods
experimental group
verstehen
22. Generated from theory and tested through actual observation.
quantitative methods
hypothesis
correlational relationship
C. Wright Mills
23. Auguste Comte's belief that scientists look toward the supernatural realm of ideas for explanation of what is observed.
generalization
theological stage
Karl Marx
Auguste Comte
24. Developed by Max Weber as a means of characterizing and interpreting by applying reason to external and inner context of specific social situations - such as the origins of Western capitalism.
C. Wright Mills
explanatory survey
social sciences
verstehen
25. The theoretical giant of communist thought whose prophecies are still hotly debated.
interpretative
random sample
Karl Marx
C. Wright Mills
26. One who focuses on a number of different levels of analysis in understanding social life - social interaction within groups - social structure.
theological stage
survey method
sociologist
explanatory survey
27. A relationship that exists when a change in one variable coincides with - but does not cause - a change in another variable.
Karl Marx
correlational relationship
control
positive stage
28. Observed England's social patterns during social change in Europe (1802 - 1876).
metaphysical stage
conflict theory
Harriet Martineau
survey method
29. Believed that society follows a natural evolutionary path toward something better.
representative sample
Herbert Spencer
conflict theory
deductive theory
30. Proceeds from general ideas - knowledge - or understanding of the social world from which specific hypotheses are logically deduced and tested.
sociological imagination
Harriet Martineau
deductive theory
metaphysical stage
31. A sample that is relatively accurate in reflecting the population from which it is drawn.
systematic sampling
qualitative methods
Harriet Martineau
representative sample
32. A group of subjects not exposed to the same condition as an experimental group.
control group
sociological imagination
dependent variable
generalization
33. A type of sampling where the nth unit in a list is selected for inclusion in the sample. For example - every 50th resident listed in a phone book of a given area.
qualitative methods
systematic sampling
survey method
Max Weber
34. One that influences another variable.
independent variable
control
humanistic perspective
structural functionalism
35. Auguste Comte's belief that the definitive stage of all knowledge in the search for general ideas or laws. With such knowledge of how society is held together and how society changes - predictions on how people will react can be made - therefore cont
scientific perspective
stratified sampling
survey method
positive stage
36. Believed that a certain quality of mind is required in order to understand ourselves in relation to society.
Max Weber
representative sample
C. Wright Mills
control group
37. Proposed building middle range theories from a limited number of assumptions for which hypotheses are derived. Also distinguished between manifest or intended - latent unintended - consequences of existing elements of social structure that are either
verstehen
sociological imagination
random sample
Robert Merton
38. The science or discipline that studies societies - social groups - and the relationships between people.
Karl Marx
sociology
independent variable
dependent variable
39. Personal observation and description of social life in order to explain behavior - this methods entails the loss of precision but achieves a deeper grasp of the texture of social life.
stratified sampling
Talcott Parsons
random sample
qualitative methods
40. The quality of mind that seeks to expand the role of freedom - choice - and conscious decision in history by means of knowledge. Personal troubles often reflect broader social issues and problems.
sociological imagination
stratified sampling
control
positive stage
41. When a change in one variable causes or forces a change in another variable.
causal relationship
inductive theory
control group
verstehen