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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A group that is set apart from others because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns.






2. Mmanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.






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






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






5. A neighborbood that residents identify through defined community borders and through a perception that adjacent areas are geographically separate and socially different.






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






7. Organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society.






8. Research that collects and reports data primarily in numerical form.






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






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






11. As defined by the World Health Organization - a state of complete physical - mental - and social well-being - and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.






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






13. Failures that are inevitable - given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized.






14. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the efforts of people to maintain the proper image and avoid embarrassment in public.






15. The process by which a relatively small number of people control what material eventually reaches the audience.






16. 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.






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






18. A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society.






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






20. Control of a market by a single business firm.






21. An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted.






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






23. 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.






24. Crimes committed by affluent individuals or corporations in the course of their daily business activities.






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






26. Social control carried out by authorized agents - such as police officers - judges - school administrators - and employers.






27. The act of physically separating two groups; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group.






28. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the mother.






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






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






36. A principle of organizational life developed by Robert Michels under which even democratic organizations will become bureaucracies ruled by a few individuals.






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






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






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






40. The process of mentally assuming the perspective of another - thereby enabling one to respond from that imagined viewpoint.






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






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






43. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






44. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






45. A three-member group.






46. Unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not recognize individual differences within the group.






47. A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social - economic - and political interests.






48. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






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






50. Due to the stereotyping - this term has been abandoned by sociologists in favor of new religious movements.