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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards.






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






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






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






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






6. Rituals marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another.






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






8. Employees who work fulltime or part-time at home rather than in an outside office and who are linked to their supervisors and colleagues through computer terminals - phone lines - and fax machines.






9. 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.






10. A generally small - secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.






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






12. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






13. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






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






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






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






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






18. The exercise of power through a process of persuasion.






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






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






21. 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.






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






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






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






25. The gestures - objects - and language that form the basis of human communication.






26. Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.






27. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






28. The unintended influence that observers or experiments can have on their subjects.






29. Changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life.






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






31. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.






32. In Harold D. Lasswell's words - 'who gets what - when - and how.'






33. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.






34. Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world.






35. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. The process by which a majority group and a minority group combine through intermarriage to form a new group.






42. The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.






43. 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.






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






45. The body of knowledge obtained by methods based upon systematic observation.






46. 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.






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






48. Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.






49. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.






50. The number of deaths per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude death rate.