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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.






2. The process through which religion's influence on other social institutions diminishes.






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






4. A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important.






5. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the altering of the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.






6. 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.






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






8. A relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.






9. An artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables.






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






11. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.






12. The deliberate - systematic killing of an entire people or nation.






13. The variable in a causal relationship that - when altered - causes or influences a change in a second variable.






14. Any number of people with similar norms - values - and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis.






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






16. The process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.






17. A term used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired - but illegal - goods and services.






18. A religious group that is the outgrowth of a sect - yet remains isolated from society.






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.






24. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






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






26. The process whereby people learn the attitudes - values - and actions appropriate for individuals as members of a particular culture.






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






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






29. 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.






30. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






31. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






32. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






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






34. 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.






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






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






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






38. A three-member group.






39. Collective conceptions of what is considered good - desirable - and proper--or bad - undesirable - and improper--in a culture.






40. The number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1 -000 live births in a given year.






41. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






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






43. 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.






44. The process of introducing new elements into a culture through either discovery or invention.






45. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






46. 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.






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






48. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.






49. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






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