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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.






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






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






4. Two unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in a relationship of mutual caring - who reside together - and who agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents - basic living expenses - and other common necessities.






5. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






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






7. A large - organized religion not officially linked with the state or government.






8. Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe - respect - and even fear.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.






17. Reductions taken in a company's workforce as part of deindustrialization.






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






19. The work of a group that regulates relations between various criminal enterprises involved in the smuggling and sale of drugs - prostitution - gambling - and other activities.






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






21. As defined by the World Health Organization - a state of complete physical - mental - and social well-being - and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. The process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.






29. Talcott Parsons's functionalist view of society as tending toward a state of stability or balance.






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






31. Max Weber's term for the disciplined work ethic - this-worldly concerns - and rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers.






32. Employees who work fulltime or part-time at home rather than in an outside office and who are linked to their supervisors and colleagues through computer terminals - phone lines - and fax machines.






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






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






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






36. The condition of being estranged or disassociated from the surrounding society.






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






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






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






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






41. A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism.






42. Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture.






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






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






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






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






49. 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.






50. A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth - prestige - or power.