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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






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






3. The unintended influence that observers or experiments can have on their subjects.






4. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






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






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






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






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






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






10. The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society.






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






12. The process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.






13. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






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






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






16. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.






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






18. A term used to describe the change from high birthrates and death rates to relatively low birthrates and death rates.






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






20. The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.






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






22. 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.






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






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. The ability to exercise one's will over others.






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






34. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






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






36. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.






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






38. The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






43. The process of introducing new elements into a culture through either discovery or invention.






44. 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.






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. A two-member group.






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







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