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CLEP Sociology

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






2. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.






3. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.






4. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






5. A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the 1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.






6. The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.






7. A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores - folkways - and values that differs from the pattern of the larger society.






8. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






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






10. A functionalist approach that proposes that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in peripheral nations.






11. A theory developed by Robert Merton that explains deviance as an adaptation either of socially prescribed goals or of the norms governing their attainment - or both.






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






13. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.






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






15. Any group that individuals use as a standard in evaluating themselves and their own behavior.






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






17. The ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money - political influence - access to the media - and personnel.






18. The collection and distribution of information concerning events in the social environment.






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






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






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






22. Changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life.






23. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.






24. The state of being related to others.






25. The phenomenon whereby the media provide such massive amounts of information that the audience becomes numb and generally fails to act on the information - regardless of how compelling the issue.






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






27. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by law.






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






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






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






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






32. The maintenance of political - social - economic - and cultural dominance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period of time.






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






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






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






36. Norms governing everyday social behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.






37. 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.






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






40. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






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






42. Two unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in a relationship of mutual caring - who reside together - and who agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents - basic living expenses - and other common necessities.






43. An interactionist perspective that states that interracial contact between people of equal status in cooperative circumstances will reduce prejudice.






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






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






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






47. Latino folk medicine using holistic health care and healing.






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






49. The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.






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