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CLEP Sociology

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1. Veblen's term for those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo.






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






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






4. A principle of organizational life developed by Robert Michels under which even democratic organizations will become bureaucracies ruled by a few individuals.






5. A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society - whatever their lifestyles - are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole.






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






7. A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority.






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






9. The process of mentally assuming the perspective of another - thereby enabling one to respond from that imagined viewpoint.






10. 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.






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






12. Collective conceptions of what is considered good - desirable - and proper--or bad - undesirable - and improper--in a culture.






13. The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.






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






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






16. A face-to-face or telephone questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information.






17. An authority pattern in which the adult members of the family are regarded as equals.






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






19. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






20. A large - organized religion not officially linked with the state or government.






21. A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.






22. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






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






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






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






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






27. 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.






28. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.






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






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






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






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






33. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






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. 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.






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






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






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






40. A temporary or permanent alliance geared toward a common goal.






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






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






43. A term coined by Robert N. Butler to refer to prejudice and discrimination against the elderly.






44. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.






45. 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.






46. Jean Piaget's theory explaining how children's thought progresses through four stages.






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






48. A speculative statement about the relationship between two or more variables.






49. The average number of children born alive to a woman - assuming that she conforms to current fertility rates.






50. An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted.