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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.






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






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






4. The belief that the products - styles - or ideas of one's society are inferior to those that originate elsewhere.






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






6. 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.






7. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






8. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






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






10. A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.






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






12. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.






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






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






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






16. Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world.






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






18. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






19. A view of society as ruled by a small group of individuals who share a common set of political and economic interests.






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






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






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






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






24. Information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.






25. A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society - whatever their lifestyles - are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole.






26. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.






27. A social structure that derives its existence from the social interactions through which people define and redefine its character.






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






29. An approach to the study of formal organizations that emphasizes the role of people - communication - and participation within a bureaucracy and tends to focus on the informal structure of the organization.






30. The state of a population with a growth rate of zero - achieved when the number of births plus immigrants is equal to the number of deaths plus emigrants.






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






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






33. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






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






35. The extent to which a measure provides consistent results.






36. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.






37. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






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






39. The scientific study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged.






40. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.






41. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.






42. The scientific study of population.






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






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






45. Questionnaires or interviews used to determine whether people have been victims of crime.






46. A systematic - organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem.






47. Difficulties that result from the differing demands and expectations associated with the same social position.






48. The double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equitably.






49. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.






50. The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.