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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






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






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






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






5. The practice of living together as a male-female couple without marrying.






6. A sample for which every member of the entire population has the same chance of being selected.






7. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. A term used by C. Wright Mills for a small group of military - industrial - and government leaders who control the fate of the United States.






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






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






16. 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.






17. A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority - such as prisons - the military - mental hospitals - and convents.






18. 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.






19. The ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money - political influence - access to the media - and personnel.






20. Mmanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.






21. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. A principle of organizational life - originated by Laurence J. Peter - according to which each individual within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.






29. A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important.






30. Salaries and wages.






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






32. The incidence of diseases in a given population.






33. The process of introducing new elements into a culture through either discovery or invention.






34. An approach to the study of formal organizations that emphasizes the role of people - communication - and participation within a bureaucracy and tends to focus on the informal structure of the organization.






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






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






37. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






39. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






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






41. Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world.






42. Reductions taken in a company's workforce as part of deindustrialization.






43. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.






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






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






46. The ability to exercise one's will over others.






47. Difficulties that occur when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.






48. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






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






50. The number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1 -000 live births in a given year.