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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Preindustrial societies in which people plant seeds and crops rather than subsist merely on available foods.






2. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






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






4. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.






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






6. An aspect of the socialization process within total institutions - in which people are subjected to humiliating rituals.






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






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






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






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






11. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.






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






13. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.






14. A two-member group.






15. 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.






16. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.






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






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






19. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.






20. The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.






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






22. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.






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






24. A set of people related by blood - marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship) - or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.






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






26. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.






27. A theory of social change that holds that all societies pass through the same successive stages of evolution and inevitably reach the same end.






28. A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards.






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






30. The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others.






31. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






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






33. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.






34. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.






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






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






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






38. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.






39. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.






40. The study of an entire social setting through extended systematic observation.






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






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






43. Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.






44. 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.






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






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






47. The sending of messages through the use of posture - facial expressions - and gestures.






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






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






50. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.