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CLEP Sociology

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






2. The number of deaths per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude death rate.






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






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






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






6. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.






7. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.






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






9. Families in which there is only one parent present to care for children.






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






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






12. An interactionist perspective that states that interracial contact between people of equal status in cooperative circumstances will reduce prejudice.






13. 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.






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






15. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.






16. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






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






18. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.






19. Subjects in an experiment who are exposed to an independent variable introduced by a researcher.






20. Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe - respect - and even fear.






21. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






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






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






24. Social control carried out by people casually through such means as laughter - smiles - and ridicule.






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






26. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






27. The ordinary and commonplace elements of life - as distinguished from the sacred.






28. A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle - independent of their class positions.






29. The work of a group that regulates relations between various criminal enterprises involved in the smuggling and sale of drugs - prostitution - gambling - and other activities.






30. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.






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






32. Two unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in a relationship of mutual caring - who reside together - and who agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents - basic living expenses - and other common necessities.






33. An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaging in the same behavior are not.






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






35. A three-member group.






36. Organized workers who share either the same skill or the same employer.






37. The incidence of diseases in a given population.






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






39. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.






40. The average number of children born alive to a woman - assuming that she conforms to current fertility rates.






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






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






43. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






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






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






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






47. 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.






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






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






50. A sociological approach that generalizes about fundamental or everyday forms of social interaction.