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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Difficulties that occur when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.






2. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






3. Any group that individuals use as a standard in evaluating themselves and their own behavior.






4. The process of mentally assuming the perspective of another - thereby enabling one to respond from that imagined viewpoint.






5. The process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.






6. Hereditary systems of rank - usually religiously dictated - that tend to be fixed and immobile.






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






8. A form of polygamy in which a woman can have several husbands at the same time.






9. The double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equitably.






10. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.






11. The process by which a majority group and a minority group combine through intermarriage to form a new group.






12. A religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion.






13. An area of study concerned with the interrelationships between people and their spatial setting and physical environment.






14. Any group or category to which people feel they belong.






15. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






16. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






17. The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.






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






19. The requirement that people select mates outside certain groups.






20. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.






21. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.






22. Crimes committed by affluent individuals or corporations in the course of their daily business activities.






23. The process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.






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






25. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






26. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






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






28. A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle - independent of their class positions.






29. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






30. A functionalist theory of aging introduced by Cumming and Henry that contends that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships.






31. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






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






33. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






34. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to the child's awareness of the attitudes - viewpoints - and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account in his or her behavior.






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






36. The use or threat of violence against random or symbolic targets in pursuit of political aims.






37. Preindustrial societies in which people plant seeds and crops rather than subsist merely on available foods.






38. The condition of being estranged or disassociated from the surrounding society.






39. A view of society as ruled by a small group of individuals who share a common set of political and economic interests.






40. Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.






41. A principle of organizational life developed by Robert Michels under which even democratic organizations will become bureaucracies ruled by a few individuals.






42. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






43. An approach to deviance that emphasizes the role of culture in the creation of the deviant identity.






44. The state of being related to others.






45. 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.






46. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.






47. A city characterized by relatively large size - open competition - an open class system - and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods.






48. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






49. The impact that a teacher's expectations about a student's performance may have on the student's actual achievements.






50. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.