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CLEP Sociology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.
Patrilineal descent
Urban ecology
Pluralism
Alienation
2. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.
Terrorism
Master status
Quantitative research
Self
3. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to the child's awareness of the attitudes - viewpoints - and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account in his or her behavior.
Dramaturgical approach
Rites of passage
Role exit
Generalized others
4. Use of a church - primarily Roman Catholicism - in a political effort to eliminate poverty - discrimination - and other forms of injustice evident in a secular society.
Gesellschaft
Bureaucratization
Political socialization
Liberation theology
5. Families in which there is only one parent present to care for children.
Single-parent families
Technology
Nonverbal communication
Egalitarian family
6. A negative attitude toward an entire category of people - such as a racial or ethnic minority.
Colonialism
Racism
Prejudice
Social interaction
7. Sociological investigation that concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.
Equilibrium model
Macrosociology
Dyad
Denomination
8. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.
Language
Influence
Disengagement theory
Endogamy
9. The variable in a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable.
Income
Dependent variable
Machismo
Control group
10. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.
Social mobility
Cult
Monogamy
Sociobiology
11. A hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought.
Megalopolis
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Nuclear family
Professional criminal
12. The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.
Trained incapacity
Self
Hypothesis
Routine activities theory
13. Another name for labeling theory.
Unilinear evolutionary theory
Sect
Cultural universals
Societal-reaction approach
14. Social control carried out by people casually through such means as laughter - smiles - and ridicule.
Societal-reaction approach
Telecommuters
Cultural transmission
Informal social control
15. A term coined by Robert N. Butler to refer to prejudice and discrimination against the elderly.
Force
Organized crime
Sick role
Ageism
16. Behavior that occurs when work benefits are made contingent on sexual favors (as a 'quid pro quo') or when touching - lewd comments - or appearance of pornographic material creates a 'hostile environment' in the workplace.
Postindustrial city
Incidence
Stereotypes
Sexual harassment
17. The use or threat of violence against random or symbolic targets in pursuit of political aims.
Cohabitation
Bureaucratization
Terrorism
Opinion leader
18. A printed research instrument employed to obtain desired information from a respondent.
Resource mobilization
Questionnaire
Domestic partnership
Patriarchy
19. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.
Cohabitation
Code of ethics
Socialism
Racial group
20. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.
Correlation
Scientific management approach
Social epidemiology
Racial group
21. Unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not recognize individual differences within the group.
Stereotypes
Glass ceiling
Preindustrial city
Gerontology
22. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.
Income
Discrimination
Tracking
Class system
23. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.
Code of ethics
Anomie theory of deviance
Looking-glass self
Conflict perspective
24. A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority.
Crime
Organized crime
Pluralist model
Life chances
25. A set of expectations of people who occupy a given social position or status.
Racism
Environmental justice
Social role
Status group
26. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.
Exploitation theory
Nuclear family
Extended family
Social control
27. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.
Natural science
Interactionist perspective
Second shift
Class system
28. In Harold D. Lasswell's words - 'who gets what - when - and how.'
Polyandry
Polygyny
Polygamy
Politics
29. 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.
Concentric-zone theory
Domestic partnership
Social control
Status group
30. Salaries and wages.
Economic system
Income
Quantitative research
Kinship
31. The social institution through which goods and services are produced - distributed - and consumed.
Rites of passage
Discrimination
Cultural universals
Economic system
32. A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism.
Exploitation theory
Power
Sect
Expressiveness
33. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.
Family
Bilateral descent
Causal logic
Homophobia
34. A speculative statement about the relationship between two or more variables.
Hypothesis
Amalgamation
Bureaucratization
Institutional discrimination
35. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.
Qualitative research
Questionnaire
Normal accidents
Capitalism
36. 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.
Anomie theory of deviance
Language
Cultural universals
Professional criminal
37. An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender - race - or ethnicity.
Gesellschaft
Closed system
Infant mortality rate
Glass ceiling
38. The conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.
Social movements
Technology
Functionalist perspective
Relative deprivation
39. A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth - prestige - or power.
Quantitative research
Conflict perspective
Theory
Social inequality
40. The ordinary and commonplace elements of life - as distinguished from the sacred.
Activity theory
Profane
Social role
Credentialism
41. A term used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired - but illegal - goods and services.
Goal displacement
Anomie
Victimless crimes
Black power
42. A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency.
Impression management
Bureaucratization
Bureaucracy
Credentialism
43. A theory of urban growth that views growth as emerging from many centers of development - each of which may reflect a particular urban need or activity.
Resource mobilization
Multiple-nuclei theory
Discovery
Downsizing
44. A sociological approach that generalizes about fundamental or everyday forms of social interaction.
Quantitative research
Interactionist perspective
Religious rituals
Zero population growth (ZPG)
45. A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle - independent of their class positions.
Status group
Multiple-nuclei theory
Science
Vital statistics
46. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.
Qualitative research
Force
Social institutions
Sociological imagination
47. An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field.
Segregation
Ascribed status
Credentialism
Relative deprivation
48. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.
Disengagement theory
Vested interests
Community
New urban sociology
49. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.
Sociocultural evolution
Monopoly
Survey
Significant others
50. 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.
Zero population growth (ZPG)
Laissez-faire
Argot
Total institutions