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CLEP Sociology

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1. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.






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






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.






4. A large - organized religion not officially linked with the state or government.






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






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






7. Another name for labeling theory.






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






9. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






10. Distinctive patterns of social behavior evident among city residents.






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 spatial or political unit of social organization that gives people a sense of belonging - based either on shared residence in a particular place or on a common identity.






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






14. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






15. A sample for which every member of the entire population has the same chance of being selected.






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17. The belief that the products - styles - or ideas of one's society are inferior to those that originate elsewhere.






18. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.






19. Movement of individuals or groups from one position of a society's stratification system to another.






20. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






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






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






23. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






24. Social control carried out by people casually through such means as laughter - smiles - and ridicule.






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






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






27. Preindustrial societies in which people plant seeds and crops rather than subsist merely on available foods.






28. The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.






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






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






31. Salaries and wages.






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






33. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






34. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






35. A view of social interaction - popularized by Erving Goffman - under which people are examined as if they were theatrical performers.






36. A group or category to which people feel they do not belong.






37. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






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






39. A theory of social change that holds that society is moving in a definite direction.






40. The relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence - with one event leading to the other.






41. The number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1 -000 live births in a given year.






42. A set of expectations of people who occupy a given social position or status.






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






44. The ability to exercise one's will over others.






45. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






46. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.






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






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






49. Any group or category to which people feel they belong.






50. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the altering of the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.







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