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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.






2. 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.






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






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






5. A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority.






6. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the mother.






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






8. An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender - race - or ethnicity.






9. Print and electronic instruments of communication that carry messages to often widespread audiences.






10. A view of society as ruled by a small group of individuals who share a common set of political and economic interests.






11. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






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






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






14. Research that collects and reports data primarily in numerical form.






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






16. A sociological approach that emphasizes inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization.






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






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






19. An aspect of the socialization process within total institutions - in which people are subjected to humiliating rituals.






20. Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.






21. Norms that generally are understood but are not precisely recorded.






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






23. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.






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






25. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by law.






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






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






28. A principle of organizational life - originated by Laurence J. Peter - according to which each individual within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.






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






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






31. 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.






32. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.






33. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






34. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






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






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






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






38. The scientific study of population.






39. A printed research instrument employed to obtain desired information from a respondent.






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






41. An approach to the study of formal organizations that emphasizes the role of people - communication - and participation within a bureaucracy and tends to focus on the informal structure of the organization.






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






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






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






45. Organized workers who share either the same skill or the same employer.






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






47. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






48. A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's norms.






49. Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs - promotions - and educational opportunities.






50. A society that depends on mechanization to produce its economic goods and services.