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CLEP Sociology

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1. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.






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






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






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






5. Pride in the extended family - expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk.






6. A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs.






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






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






9. The study of various aspects of human society.






10. Mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one another's cultures - which allows minorities to express their own cultures without experiencing prejudice.






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






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






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






14. The process of disengagement from a role that is central to one's selfidentity and reestablishment of an identity in a new role.






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. A term coined by Robert N. Butler to refer to prejudice and discrimination against the elderly.






20. 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.






21. The feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality - such as a divine being - or of being overcome with religious emotion.






22. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.






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






24. Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.






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






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






27. Information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.






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29. A term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect its objective position.






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






31. The social institution through which goods and services are produced - distributed - and consumed.






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






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






34. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.






35. 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.






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






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






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






39. A face-to-face or telephone questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information.






40. The extent to which a measure provides consistent results.






41. Talcott Parsons's functionalist view of society as tending toward a state of stability or balance.






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






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






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






45. Norms governing everyday social behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.






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






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






48. The maintenance of political - social - economic - and cultural dominance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period of time.






49. The process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant have come to dominate certain sectors of society - both in the United States and throughout the world.






50. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.