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CLEP Sociology

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1. A term used by C. Wright Mills for a small group of military - industrial - and government leaders who control the fate of the United States.






2. Control of a market by a single business firm.






3. An aspect of the socialization process within total institutions - in which people are subjected to humiliating rituals.






4. Cultural adjustments to material conditions - such as customs - beliefs - patterns of communication - and ways of using material objects.






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






6. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






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






8. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






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






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






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






12. The ability to exercise one's will over others.






13. Social control carried out by authorized agents - such as police officers - judges - school administrators - and employers.






14. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






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






16. A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency.






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






18. A term used by Bowles and Gintis to refer to the tendency of schools to promote the values expected of individuals in each social class and to prepare students for the types of jobs typically held by members of their class.






19. Preindustrial societies in which people plant seeds and crops rather than subsist merely on available foods.






20. An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field.






21. A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.






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






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






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






25. A systematic - organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem.






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






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






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






29. A neighborbood that residents identify through defined community borders and through a perception that adjacent areas are geographically separate and socially different.






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






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






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. 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.






34. 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.






35. An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender - race - or ethnicity.






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






37. Social control carried out by people casually through such means as laughter - smiles - and ridicule.






38. 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.






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






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. Reductions taken in a company's workforce as part of deindustrialization.






42. A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory - are relatively independent of people outside it - and participate in a common culture.






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






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






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






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






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






48. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.






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






50. A theory of social change that holds that all societies pass through the same successive stages of evolution and inevitably reach the same end.