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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.






2. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






3. A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.






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






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






6. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.






7. A term coined by Robert N. Butler to refer to prejudice and discrimination against the elderly.






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






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






10. The state of being related to others.






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






12. The degree to which a scale or measure truly reflects the phenomenon under study.






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






14. A sociological approach that emphasizes inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization.






15. Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture - including norms and values.






16. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.






17. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to the child's awareness of the attitudes - viewpoints - and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account in his or her behavior.






18. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.






19. Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.






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






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






22. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






23. 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.






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






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






26. Jean Piaget's theory explaining how children's thought progresses through four stages.






27. A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.






28. 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.






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






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






31. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






32. A sample for which every member of the entire population has the same chance of being selected.






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






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






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






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






37. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.






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






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






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






41. A hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought.






42. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






43. Changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life.






44. 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.






45. A generally small - secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.






46. A city with only a few thousand people living within its borders and characterized by a relatively closed class system and limited mobility.






47. The systematic - widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants.






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






49. A theory of urban growth that views growth as emerging from many centers of development - each of which may reflect a particular urban need or activity.






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