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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.






2. A theory of social change that holds that society is moving in a definite direction.






3. A society in which men dominate family decision making.






4. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






5. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.






6. The act of physically separating two groups; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group.






7. The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.






8. An aspect of the socialization process within total institutions - in which people are subjected to humiliating rituals.






9. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill.






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






11. A theory of social change that holds that all societies pass through the same successive stages of evolution and inevitably reach the same end.






12. Employees who work fulltime or part-time at home rather than in an outside office and who are linked to their supervisors and colleagues through computer terminals - phone lines - and fax machines.






13. A city in which global finance and the electronic flow of information dominate the economy.






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






15. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






16. A generally small - secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.






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






18. A person who pursues crime as a day-to-day occupation - developing skilled techniques and enjoying a certain degree of status among other criminals.






19. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






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






21. Salaries and wages.






22. 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.






23. The process by which a relatively small number of people control what material eventually reaches the audience.






24. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.






25. Difficulties that result from the differing demands and expectations associated with the same social position.






26. The state of a population with a growth rate of zero - achieved when the number of births plus immigrants is equal to the number of deaths plus emigrants.






27. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.






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






29. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to those individuals who are most important in the development of the self - such as parents - friends - and teachers.






30. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.






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






32. Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.






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






34. A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society.






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






36. An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain.






37. An approach to the study of formal organizations that views workers as being motivated almost entirely by economic rewards.






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






39. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.






40. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






41. A sociological approach that emphasizes inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization.






42. A spatial or political unit of social organization that gives people a sense of belonging - based either on shared residence in a particular place or on a common identity.






43. In Karl Marx's view - a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change.






44. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.






45. The average number of children born alive to a woman - assuming that she conforms to current fertility rates.






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






47. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.






48. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.






49. Rebellious craft workers in nineteenth-century England who destroyed new factory machinery as part of their resistance to the industrial revolution.






50. A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory - are relatively independent of people outside it - and participate in a common culture.