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CLEP Sociology

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1. Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class - comprising the owners of the means of production.






2. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






3. 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.






4. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






5. 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.






6. Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe - respect - and even fear.






7. The process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.






8. A relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.






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






10. The average number of children born alive to a woman - assuming that she conforms to current fertility rates.






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






12. 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.






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






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






15. The process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant have come to dominate certain sectors of society - both in the United States and throughout the world.






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






17. A speculative statement about the relationship between two or more variables.






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






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






20. A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority - such as prisons - the military - mental hospitals - and convents.






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






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






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






24. The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others.






25. A term used to describe the change from high birthrates and death rates to relatively low birthrates and death rates.






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






27. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.






28. Mmanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.






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






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






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






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






33. The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.






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






35. Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture - including norms and values.






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






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






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






39. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill.






40. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






41. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.






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






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






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






45. The incidence of diseases in a given population.






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






47. The process through which religion's influence on other social institutions diminishes.






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






49. The sending of messages through the use of posture - facial expressions - and gestures.






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