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CLEP Sociology

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1. Ogburn's term for a period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions.






2. The state of being related to others.






3. The ways in which people respond to one another.






4. Questionnaires or interviews used to determine whether people have been victims of crime.






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






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






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






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






9. Sociological investigation that concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.






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






11. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.






12. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






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






14. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






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






16. 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.






17. The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.






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






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






20. A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the 1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.






21. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






22. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.






23. The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.






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






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






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






27. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.






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






29. The practice of living together as a male-female couple without marrying.






30. A set of people related by blood - marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship) - or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.






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






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






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






34. A systematic - organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem.






35. Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture.






36. A theory of social change that holds that all societies pass through the same successive stages of evolution and inevitably reach the same end.






37. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






38. The number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time.






39. Going along with one's peers - individuals of a person's own status - who have no special right to direct that person's behavior.






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






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






42. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






43. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






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






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






46. A person who pursues crime as a day-to-day occupation - developing skilled techniques and enjoying a certain degree of status among other criminals.






47. An authority pattern in which the adult members of the family are regarded as equals.






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






49. A society in which men dominate family decision making.






50. An approach to the study of formal organizations that views workers as being motivated almost entirely by economic rewards.







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