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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






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






3. 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.






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






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






6. An approach to deviance that emphasizes the role of culture in the creation of the deviant identity.






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






8. An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaging in the same behavior are not.






9. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






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






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






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






13. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






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






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






16. 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.






17. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






18. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






19. The study of various aspects of human society.






20. Latino folk medicine using holistic health care and healing.






21. The phenomenon whereby the media provide such massive amounts of information that the audience becomes numb and generally fails to act on the information - regardless of how compelling the issue.






22. The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.






23. A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.






24. Cultural adjustments to material conditions - such as customs - beliefs - patterns of communication - and ways of using material objects.






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






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






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






28. A two-member group.






29. A form of marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives simultaneously.






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






31. The incidence of diseases in a given population.






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






33. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






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






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






36. A functionalist theory of aging introduced by Cumming and Henry that contends that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships.






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






38. The state of being related to others.






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






40. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.






41. The study of an entire social setting through extended systematic observation.






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






43. A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions.






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






45. The collection and distribution of information concerning events in the social environment.






46. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.






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






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






49. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






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