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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.






2. Research that collects and reports data primarily in numerical form.






3. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






4. Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture - including norms and values.






5. The maintenance of political - social - economic - and cultural dominance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period of time.






6. The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.






7. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






8. A social structure that derives its existence from the social interactions through which people define and redefine its character.






9. The German word for 'understanding' or 'insight'; used by Max Weber to stress the need for sociologists to take into account people's emotions - thoughts - beliefs - and attitudes.






10. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






11. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






12. Sociological investigation that concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.






13. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






14. Print and electronic instruments of communication that carry messages to often widespread audiences.






15. 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.






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






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






18. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.






19. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.






20. The study of an entire social setting through extended systematic observation.






21. A group or category to which people feel they do not belong.






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






23. 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.






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






25. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.






26. The body of knowledge obtained by methods based upon systematic observation.






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






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






29. A system of enforced servitude in which people are legally owned by others and in which enslaved status is transferred from parents to children.






30. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






31. Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture.






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






33. In a legal sense - a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights - responsibilities - and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents.






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






35. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






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






37. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.






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






39. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






40. The systematic - widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants.






41. A form of marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives simultaneously.






42. An enumeration - or counting - of a population.






43. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.






44. A term used to describe the change from high birthrates and death rates to relatively low birthrates and death rates.






45. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.






46. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






47. Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe - respect - and even fear.






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






49. The ways in which people respond to one another.






50. A set of people related by blood - marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship) - or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.