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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.






8. The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.






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






10. In Karl Marx's view - a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change.






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






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






13. A theory developed by Robert Merton that explains deviance as an adaptation either of socially prescribed goals or of the norms governing their attainment - or both.






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






15. Long-term poor people who lack training and skills.






16. Subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher.






17. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.






18. An approach to deviance that emphasizes the role of culture in the creation of the deviant identity.






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






20. A temporary or permanent alliance geared toward a common goal.






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






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






23. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.






24. A form of polygamy in which a husband can have several wives at the same time.






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






26. A religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion.






27. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.






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






29. According to the Census Bureau - any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.






30. Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.






31. A city characterized by relatively large size - open competition - an open class system - and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods.






32. Numerous ways that people with access to the Internet can do business from their computers.






33. A group that is set apart from others because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns.






34. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






35. The condition of being estranged or disassociated from the surrounding society.






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






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






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






39. An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field.






40. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.






41. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






42. An explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept.






43. Long term trend in human societies that results from the interplay of innovation - continuity - and selection.






44. A sociological approach that emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.






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






46. The conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.






47. A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fiber are readily available in order to live.






48. The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.






49. Hereditary systems of rank - usually religiously dictated - that tend to be fixed and immobile.






50. Any group that individuals use as a standard in evaluating themselves and their own behavior.