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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The maintenance of political - social - economic - and cultural dominance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period of time.






2. The process whereby people learn the attitudes - values - and actions appropriate for individuals as members of a particular culture.






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






4. The average number of years a person can be expected to live under current mortality conditions.






5. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






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






7. A set of people related by blood - marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship) - or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.






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






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






10. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. Expectations regarding the proper behavior - attitudes - and activities of males and females.






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






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






18. The process by which a group - organization - or social movement becomes increasingly bureaucratic.






19. A sociological approach that emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.






20. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.






21. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.






22. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.






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






24. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






26. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






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






28. Due to the stereotyping - this term has been abandoned by sociologists in favor of new religious movements.






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






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






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






32. A sense of virility - personal worth - and pride in one's maleness.






33. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.






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






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






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






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






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






39. The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons.






40. An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain.






41. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






42. An artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables.






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






44. Numerous ways that people with access to the Internet can do business from their computers.






45. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






46. The incidence of diseases in a given population.






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






48. A form of polygamy in which a husband can have several wives at the same time.






49. A religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion.






50. The requirement that people select mates outside certain groups.