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CLEP Sociology
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A functionalist theory of aging introduced by Cumming and Henry that contends that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships.
Disengagement theory
Cognitive theory of development
Mores
Telecommuters
2. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.
Mores
Stigma
Religious rituals
Opinion leader
3. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.
Fertility
Latent functions
Class
Total fertility rate (TFR)
4. Reductions taken in a company's workforce as part of deindustrialization.
Social control
E-commerce
Downsizing
Quantitative research
5. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.
Independent variable
Cohabitation
Contact hypothesis
Ideal type
6. A face-to-face or telephone questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information.
Monogamy
Interview
Social role
Degradation ceremony
7. Preindustrial societies in which people plant seeds and crops rather than subsist merely on available foods.
Sociological imagination
Machismo
Infant mortality rate
Horticultural societies
8. A large - organized religion not officially linked with the state or government.
Human ecology
Counterculture
Denomination
Microsociology
9. A form of polygamy in which a woman can have several husbands at the same time.
Degradation ceremony
Polyandry
Gatekeeping
Opinion leader
10. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.
Social constructionist perspective
Conflict perspective
Routine activities theory
Interactionist perspective
11. 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.
Anomie theory of deviance
Stratification
Nonverbal communication
Power elite
12. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.
Deviance
Natural science
Patriarchy
Stigma
13. A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's norms.
Control theory
Culture lag
Growth rate
Total fertility rate (TFR)
14. Ogburn's term for a period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions.
Culture lag
Group
Out-group
Research design
15. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.
Informal social control
Social control
Secondary group
Bilingualism
16. The process by which a group - organization - or social movement becomes increasingly bureaucratic.
Ecclesia
Correspondence principle
Feminist perspective
Bureaucratization
17. 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.
Organized crime
Natural science
Nonmaterial culture
Voluntary associations
18. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.
Familism
Telecommuters
Code of ethics
Coalition
19. An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaging in the same behavior are not.
Downsizing
Professional criminal
Labeling theory
Apartheid
20. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.
Open system
Polygyny
Ascribed status
Incest taboo
21. The variable in a causal relationship that - when altered - causes or influences a change in a second variable.
Independent variable
Racial group
Normal accidents
Secularization
22. An authority pattern in which the adult members of the family are regarded as equals.
Narcotizing dysfunction
Egalitarian family
Social change
McDonaldization
23. A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards.
Exogamy
Politics
Environmental justice
Terrorism
24. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.
Primary group
Egalitarian family
Normal accidents
Out-group
25. Another name for labeling theory.
Slavery
Horticultural societies
Research design
Societal-reaction approach
26. The variable in a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable.
Cultural universals
Independent variable
Vertical mobility
Dependent variable
27. A city characterized by relatively large size - open competition - an open class system - and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods.
Trained incapacity
Assimilation
Bureaucratization
Industrial city
28. Max Weber's term for the disciplined work ethic - this-worldly concerns - and rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers.
Hunting-and-gathering society
Incidence
Contact hypothesis
Protestant ethic
29. A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency.
Demography
Agrarian society
Bureaucracy
Peter principle
30. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.
Underclass
Segregation
Social interaction
Serial monogamy
31. The process of introducing new elements into a culture through either discovery or invention.
Societal-reaction approach
Proletariat
Innovation
Endogamy
32. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.
Ascribed status
Narcotizing dysfunction
Esteem
Suburb
33. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.
Wealth
Impression management
Income
Interview
34. The relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence - with one event leading to the other.
Causal logic
Routine activities theory
Adoption
McDonaldization
35. A two-member group.
Scientific management approach
Life expectancy
Dyad
Population pyramid
36. A formal - impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding.
Multinational corporations
Religious rituals
Secondary group
Stratification
37. The ability to exercise one's will over others.
Power
Reliability
Cultural transmission
Research design
38. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.
Influence
Classical theory
Latent functions
Culture shock
39. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.
Cult
Patrilineal descent
Birthrate
Concentric-zone theory
40. A theory of urban growth that views growth as emerging from many centers of development - each of which may reflect a particular urban need or activity.
Environmental justice
Total institutions
Multiple-nuclei theory
Slavery
41. A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority - such as prisons - the military - mental hospitals - and convents.
Issei
Total institutions
E-commerce
Black power
42. Social control carried out by people casually through such means as laughter - smiles - and ridicule.
Force
Goal displacement
Informal social control
Urban ecology
43. Transfers of money - goods - or services that are not reported to the government.
Informal economy
Gesellschaft
Social change
Microsociology
44. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.
Deindustrialization
Dependency theory
Negotiation
Sacred
45. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.
Social control
Polygamy
Monogamy
Morbidity rates
46. A temporary or permanent alliance geared toward a common goal.
Contact hypothesis
Coalition
Role conflict
Glass ceiling
47. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.
Religious beliefs
Modernization theory
Horizontal mobility
Master status
48. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.
Racial group
Globalization
McDonaldization
Total institutions
49. The incidence of death in a given population.
Feminist perspective
Interview
Mortality rate
Personality
50. General practices found in every culture.
Rites of passage
Cultural universals
Social structure
Zero population growth (ZPG)