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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The degree to which a scale or measure truly reflects the phenomenon under study.






2. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






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






4. A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society.






5. General practices found in every culture.






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






7. A religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion.






8. 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.






9. A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority.






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






11. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






12. The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.






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






14. The requirement that people select mates outside certain groups.






15. 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.






16. A view of society in which many competing groups within the community have access to governmental officials so that no single group is dominant.






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






18. Numerous ways that people with access to the Internet can do business from their computers.






19. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.






20. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






21. Any group or category to which people feel they belong.






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






23. 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.






24. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.






25. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






26. The process by which a majority group and a minority group combine through intermarriage to form a new group.






27. 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.






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






29. A relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.






30. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






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






33. A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.






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






35. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.






36. 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.






37. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the efforts of people to maintain the proper image and avoid embarrassment in public.






38. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






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






40. Organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society.






41. Transfers of money - goods - or services that are not reported to the government.






42. An area of study concerned with the interrelationships between people and their spatial setting and physical environment.






43. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






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






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






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






47. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






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






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






50. A formal - impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding.