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CLEP Sociology

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






2. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.






3. A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society.






4. 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.






5. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.






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






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






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






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






10. A form of polygamy in which a woman can have several husbands at the same time.






11. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






12. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






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






14. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






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






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






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






18. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.






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






20. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.






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






22. The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.






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






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






25. 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.






26. Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.






27. A measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions.






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






29. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.






30. The process of introducing new elements into a culture through either discovery or invention.






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






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






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






34. The process by which a relatively small number of people control what material eventually reaches the audience.






35. 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.






36. A society in which men dominate family decision making.






37. 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.






38. Employees who work fulltime or part-time at home rather than in an outside office and who are linked to their supervisors and colleagues through computer terminals - phone lines - and fax machines.






39. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






40. A form of marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives simultaneously.






41. A three-member group.






42. Collective conceptions of what is considered good - desirable - and proper--or bad - undesirable - and improper--in a culture.






43. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.






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






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






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






47. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.






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






49. A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.






50. In Karl Marx's view - a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change.