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CLEP Sociology

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1. The study of various aspects of human society.






2. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






3. A theory developed by Robert Merton that explains deviance as an adaptation either of socially prescribed goals or of the norms governing their attainment - or both.






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






5. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.






6. A form of polygamy in which a husband can have several wives at the same time.






7. Pride in the extended family - expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk.






8. A system of enforced servitude in which people are legally owned by others and in which enslaved status is transferred from parents to children.






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






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






11. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






12. A densely populated area containing two or more cities and their surrounding suburbs.






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






14. The practice of living together as a male-female couple without marrying.






15. 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.






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






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






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






19. A form of marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives simultaneously.






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. The process by which a group - organization - or social movement becomes increasingly bureaucratic.






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






24. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.






25. The most technologically advanced form of preindustrial society. Members are primarily engaged in the production of food but increase their crop yield through such innovations as the plow.






26. 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.






27. The social institution through which goods and services are produced - distributed - and consumed.






28. The state of being related to others.






29. Hereditary systems of rank - usually religiously dictated - that tend to be fixed and immobile.






30. The incidence of diseases in a given population.






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






32. Expectations regarding the proper behavior - attitudes - and activities of males and females.






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






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






35. The process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant have come to dominate certain sectors of society - both in the United States and throughout the world.






36. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.






37. The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. A principle of organizational life - originated by Laurence J. Peter - according to which each individual within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.






43. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






44. A variety of research techniques that make use of publicly accessible information and data.






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






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






47. Due to the stereotyping - this term has been abandoned by sociologists in favor of new religious movements.






48. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






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






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