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CLEP Sociology

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1. Difficulties that result from the differing demands and expectations associated with the same social position.






2. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






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






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






5. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






7. The conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.






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






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






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






11. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.






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






13. An area of study that focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment.






14. An area of study concerned with the interrelationships between people and their spatial setting and physical environment.






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






16. The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.






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






18. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.






19. A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.






20. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.






21. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.






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






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






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.






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






30. The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.






31. The double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equitably.






32. A term used by C. Wright Mills for a small group of military - industrial - and government leaders who control the fate of the United States.






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






34. The social institution that relies on a recognized set of procedures for implementing and achieving the goals of a group.






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






36. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






37. The incidence of diseases in a given population.






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






39. A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism.






40. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.






41. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






42. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






43. 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.






44. Any group that individuals use as a standard in evaluating themselves and their own behavior.






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






46. An enumeration - or counting - of a population.






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






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






49. The most technologically advanced form of preindustrial society. Members are primarily engaged in the production of food but increase their crop yield through such innovations as the plow.






50. An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain.