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CLEP Sociology

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1. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to concern for maintenance of harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family.






2. A theory of urban growth that sees growth in terms of a series of rings radiating from the central business district.






3. According to the Census Bureau - any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.






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






5. A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's norms.






6. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.






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






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






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






10. A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency.






11. The variable in a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable.






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






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






14. Research that collects and reports data primarily in numerical form.






15. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill.






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






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






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






19. The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.






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






21. Preindustrial societies in which people plant seeds and crops rather than subsist merely on available foods.






22. Difficulties that occur when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.






23. A spatial or political unit of social organization that gives people a sense of belonging - based either on shared residence in a particular place or on a common identity.






24. The German word for 'understanding' or 'insight'; used by Max Weber to stress the need for sociologists to take into account people's emotions - thoughts - beliefs - and attitudes.






25. The scientific study of population.






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






27. A set of expectations of people who occupy a given social position or status.






28. An approach to deviance that emphasizes the role of culture in the creation of the deviant identity.






29. 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.






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






31. Rebellious craft workers in nineteenth-century England who destroyed new factory machinery as part of their resistance to the industrial revolution.






32. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






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






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






35. Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs - promotions - and educational opportunities.






36. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






37. Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture - including norms and values.






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






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






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






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






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






43. Mmanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.






44. 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.






45. Salaries and wages.






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.