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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.






2. An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field.






3. Mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one another's cultures - which allows minorities to express their own cultures without experiencing prejudice.






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






5. In Harold D. Lasswell's words - 'who gets what - when - and how.'






6. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.






7. The social institution that relies on a recognized set of procedures for implementing and achieving the goals of a group.






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






9. A functionalist approach that proposes that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in peripheral nations.






10. According to the Census Bureau - any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.






11. Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.






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






13. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.






14. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






15. A two-member group.






16. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the altering of the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.






17. Subjects in an experiment who are exposed to an independent variable introduced by a researcher.






18. The work of a group that regulates relations between various criminal enterprises involved in the smuggling and sale of drugs - prostitution - gambling - and other activities.






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






20. A densely populated area containing two or more cities and their surrounding suburbs.






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






22. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by law.






23. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






24. 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.






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






26. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.






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






28. An area of study that focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment.






29. Control of a market by a single business firm.






30. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






32. 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.






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






34. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






35. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






36. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.






37. 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.






38. An interactionist perspective that states that interracial contact between people of equal status in cooperative circumstances will reduce prejudice.






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






40. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.






41. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.






42. Going along with one's peers - individuals of a person's own status - who have no special right to direct that person's behavior.






43. 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.






44. The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.






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






46. Social control carried out by authorized agents - such as police officers - judges - school administrators - and employers.






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






48. 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.






49. Long term trend in human societies that results from the interplay of innovation - continuity - and selection.






50. Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.