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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A theory of urban growth that sees growth in terms of a series of rings radiating from the central business district.






2. A society whose economic system is primarily engaged in the processing and control of information.






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






4. The process by which a majority group and a minority group combine through intermarriage to form a new group.






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






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






7. The scientific study of population.






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






9. Mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one another's cultures - which allows minorities to express their own cultures without experiencing prejudice.






10. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.






16. A religious group that is the outgrowth of a sect - yet remains isolated from society.






17. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.






18. Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world.






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






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






21. General practices found in every culture.






22. Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs - promotions - and educational opportunities.






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






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






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






26. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






27. Pride in the extended family - expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk.






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






29. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill.






30. Salaries and wages.






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






32. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.






33. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






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






35. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.






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






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






38. Mmanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.






39. Long term trend in human societies that results from the interplay of innovation - continuity - and selection.






40. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.






41. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






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






43. A hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought.






44. A view of society as ruled by a small group of individuals who share a common set of political and economic interests.






45. 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.






46. Subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher.






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






48. A term used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired - but illegal - goods and services.






49. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.






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