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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Organized collective activities that promote autonomy and self-determination as well as improvements in the quality of life.






2. A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.






3. Use of a church - primarily Roman Catholicism - in a political effort to eliminate poverty - discrimination - and other forms of injustice evident in a secular society.






4. The process through which religion's influence on other social institutions diminishes.






5. Ogburn's term for a period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions.






6. The study of the distribution of disease - impairment - and general health status across a population.






7. A relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.






8. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






9. The totality of learned - socially transmitted behavior.






10. A term used by Max Weber to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.






11. General practices found in every culture.






12. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






13. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






14. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.






15. An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field.






16. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






17. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.






18. Social control carried out by people casually through such means as laughter - smiles - and ridicule.






19. The unintended influence that observers or experiments can have on their subjects.






20. A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism.






21. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






22. A three-member group.






23. The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.






24. The scientific study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged.






25. The variable in a causal relationship that - when altered - causes or influences a change in a second variable.






26. A hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought.






27. Behavior that occurs when work benefits are made contingent on sexual favors (as a 'quid pro quo') or when touching - lewd comments - or appearance of pornographic material creates a 'hostile environment' in the workplace.






28. A term used by Bowles and Gintis to refer to the tendency of schools to promote the values expected of individuals in each social class and to prepare students for the types of jobs typically held by members of their class.






29. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.






30. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.






31. A society whose economic system is primarily engaged in the processing and control of information.






32. An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaging in the same behavior are not.






33. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.






34. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






35. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






36. The collection and distribution of information concerning events in the social environment.






37. A two-member group.






38. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.






39. A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's norms.






40. The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.






41. The study of various aspects of human society.






42. Families in which there is only one parent present to care for children.






43. The deliberate - systematic killing of an entire people or nation.






44. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.






45. A term coined by Robert N. Butler to refer to prejudice and discrimination against the elderly.






46. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.






47. The belief that the products - styles - or ideas of one's society are inferior to those that originate elsewhere.






48. A form of polygamy in which a husband can have several wives at the same time.






49. A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.






50. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.