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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






2. 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.






3. The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons.






4. A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory - are relatively independent of people outside it - and participate in a common culture.






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






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






7. Cultural adjustments to material conditions - such as customs - beliefs - patterns of communication - and ways of using material objects.






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






9. Behavior that occurs when work benefits are made contingent on sexual favors (as a 'quid pro quo') or when touching - lewd comments - or appearance of pornographic material creates a 'hostile environment' in the workplace.






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






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






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






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






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






15. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






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






17. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.






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






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






20. A face-to-face or telephone questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information.






21. Veblen's term for those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo.






22. 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.






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






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






25. The social institution that relies on a recognized set of procedures for implementing and achieving the goals of a group.






26. A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority - such as prisons - the military - mental hospitals - and convents.






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






28. The process of introducing new elements into a culture through either discovery or invention.






29. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






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






31. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to those individuals who are most important in the development of the self - such as parents - friends - and teachers.






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






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






34. The body of knowledge obtained by methods based upon systematic observation.






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






36. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.






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






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






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






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






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






42. A society whose economic system is primarily engaged in the processing and control of information.






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






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






45. 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.






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






47. A group that - despite past prejudice and discrimination - succeeds economically - socially - and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites.






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






49. A group or category to which people feel they do not belong.






50. The scientific study of population.