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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A two-member group.






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






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






4. A society that depends on mechanization to produce its economic goods and services.






5. In a legal sense - a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights - responsibilities - and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents.






6. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






7. The scientific study of population.






8. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






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






10. A variety of research techniques that make use of publicly accessible information and data.






11. Information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.






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






13. A set of people related by blood - marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship) - or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.






14. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






15. A sociological approach that generalizes about fundamental or everyday forms of social interaction.






16. The double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equitably.






17. The study of an entire social setting through extended systematic observation.






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






19. Transfers of money - goods - or services that are not reported to the government.






20. A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.






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






22. A negative attitude toward an entire category of people - such as a racial or ethnic minority.






23. The state of a population with a growth rate of zero - achieved when the number of births plus immigrants is equal to the number of deaths plus emigrants.






24. 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.






25. Print and electronic instruments of communication that carry messages to often widespread audiences.






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






27. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






28. Any group or category to which people feel they belong.






29. A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority - such as prisons - the military - mental hospitals - and convents.






30. Questionnaires or interviews used to determine whether people have been victims of crime.






31. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to the child's awareness of the attitudes - viewpoints - and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account in his or her behavior.






32. The body of knowledge obtained by methods based upon systematic observation.






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






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






35. Ogburn's term for a period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions.






36. The number of live births per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude birthrate.






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






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






41. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






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






43. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






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






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