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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In Harold D. Lasswell's words - 'who gets what - when - and how.'






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






6. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.






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






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






9. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






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






11. Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.






12. The average number of years a person can be expected to live under current mortality conditions.






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






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






15. A city with only a few thousand people living within its borders and characterized by a relatively closed class system and limited mobility.






16. 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.






17. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.






18. A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores - folkways - and values that differs from the pattern of the larger society.






19. The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.






20. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.






21. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






22. Norms that generally are understood but are not precisely recorded.






23. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.






24. 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.






25. The number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time.






26. Any number of people with similar norms - values - and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis.






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






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






29. Numerous ways that people with access to the Internet can do business from their computers.






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






31. A relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.






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






33. A neighborbood that residents identify through defined community borders and through a perception that adjacent areas are geographically separate and socially different.






34. The sending of messages through the use of posture - facial expressions - and gestures.






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






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






37. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the efforts of people to maintain the proper image and avoid embarrassment in public.






38. The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.






39. A three-member group.






40. Movement of individuals or groups from one position of a society's stratification system to another.






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






42. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






43. The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others.






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






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






46. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.






47. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






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






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






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