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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.






2. The gestures - objects - and language that form the basis of human communication.






3. Max Weber's term for the disciplined work ethic - this-worldly concerns - and rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers.






4. Norms governing everyday social behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.






5. A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social - economic - and political interests.






6. 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.






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






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






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






10. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.






11. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






12. The number of deaths per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude death rate.






13. The scientific study of population.






14. The variable in a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable.






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






16. 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.






17. A selection from a larger population that is statistically representative of that population.






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






19. Organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society.






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






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






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






23. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






24. The exercise of power through a process of persuasion.






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






26. A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fiber are readily available in order to live.






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






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






29. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






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






31. Organized collective activities that promote autonomy and self-determination as well as improvements in the quality of life.






32. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






33. The process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant have come to dominate certain sectors of society - both in the United States and throughout the world.






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






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






36. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.






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






38. An artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables.






39. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.






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






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. A sociological approach that emphasizes inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization.






46. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






47. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






48. A measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions.






49. Latino folk medicine using holistic health care and healing.






50. Hereditary systems of rank - usually religiously dictated - that tend to be fixed and immobile.