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CLEP Sociology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The ability to exercise one's will over others.






2. A special type of bar chart that shows the distribution of the population by gender and age.






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






4. A principle of organizational life - originated by Laurence J. Peter - according to which each individual within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.






5. The ordinary and commonplace elements of life - as distinguished from the sacred.






6. The incidence of diseases in a given population.






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






8. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






9. A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important.






10. General practices found in every culture.






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






12. A term coined by Robert N. Butler to refer to prejudice and discrimination against the elderly.






13. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






14. The relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence - with one event leading to the other.






15. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






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






17. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.






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






19. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.






20. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.






21. Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.






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






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






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






25. A sample for which every member of the entire population has the same chance of being selected.






26. A group that - despite past prejudice and discrimination - succeeds economically - socially - and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites.






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






28. 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.






29. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






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






31. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.






32. The German word for 'understanding' or 'insight'; used by Max Weber to stress the need for sociologists to take into account people's emotions - thoughts - beliefs - and attitudes.






33. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.






34. Research that collects and reports data primarily in numerical form.






35. The deliberate - systematic killing of an entire people or nation.






36. The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.






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






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






39. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.






40. Any number of people with similar norms - values - and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis.






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






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






43. The process of disengagement from a role that is central to one's selfidentity and reestablishment of an identity in a new role.






44. The scientific study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged.






45. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






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






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






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






49. The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society.






50. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.