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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions.






2. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






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






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






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






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






7. An area of study concerned with the interrelationships between people and their spatial setting and physical environment.






8. The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.






9. The study of various aspects of human society.






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






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






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






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






14. The condition of being estranged or disassociated from the surrounding society.






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






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






17. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.






18. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.






19. A group that is set apart from others because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns.






20. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






21. The feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality - such as a divine being - or of being overcome with religious emotion.






22. Salaries and wages.






23. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






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






25. The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.






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






27. Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe - respect - and even fear.






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






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






30. A theory of urban growth that sees growth in terms of a series of rings radiating from the central business district.






31. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe communities - often urban - that are large and impersonal with little commitment to the group or consensus on values.






32. A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs.






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






34. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






35. Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture.






36. The scientific study of population.






37. A generally small - secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.






38. 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.






39. Families in which there is only one parent present to care for children.






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






41. A view of society in which many competing groups within the community have access to governmental officials so that no single group is dominant.






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






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






44. The most technologically advanced form of preindustrial society. Members are primarily engaged in the production of food but increase their crop yield through such innovations as the plow.






45. A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's norms.






46. The social institution through which goods and services are produced - distributed - and consumed.






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






48. The belief that the products - styles - or ideas of one's society are inferior to those that originate elsewhere.






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






50. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.