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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.






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






3. Another name for labeling theory.






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






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






8. A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth - prestige - or power.






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






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






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






12. The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.






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






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






15. Changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life.






16. A set of expectations of people who occupy a given social position or status.






17. A theory developed by Robert Merton that explains deviance as an adaptation either of socially prescribed goals or of the norms governing their attainment - or both.






18. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.






19. The state of being related to others.






20. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






21. The phenomenon whereby the media provide such massive amounts of information that the audience becomes numb and generally fails to act on the information - regardless of how compelling the issue.






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






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






24. Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.






25. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






26. Organized workers who share either the same skill or the same employer.






27. 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.






28. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.






29. Long-term poor people who lack training and skills.






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






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






32. A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the 1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.






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






34. A sociological approach that emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.






35. A term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect its objective position.






36. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.






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






38. The scientific study of population.






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






40. Distinctive patterns of social behavior evident among city residents.






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






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






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






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






45. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe communities - often urban - that are large and impersonal with little commitment to the group or consensus on values.






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






47. The feeling of surprise and disorientation that is experienced when people witness cultural practices different from their own.






48. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.






49. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.






50. 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.