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CLEP Sociology

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1. The number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time.






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






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






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






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






6. A two-member group.






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






8. An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaging in the same behavior are not.






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






10. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.






11. Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class - comprising the owners of the means of production.






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






13. A hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought.






14. A theory developed by Robert Merton that explains deviance as an adaptation either of socially prescribed goals or of the norms governing their attainment - or both.






15. The incidence of death in a given population.






16. A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society - whatever their lifestyles - are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole.






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






18. A three-member group.






19. A face-to-face or telephone questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information.






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






21. A variety of research techniques that make use of publicly accessible information and data.






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






23. Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.






24. A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions.






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






26. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.






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






28. An explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept.






29. Distinctive patterns of social behavior evident among city residents.






30. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






31. A special type of bar chart that shows the distribution of the population by gender and age.






32. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






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






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






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






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






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






38. The phenomenon whereby the media provide such massive amounts of information that the audience becomes numb and generally fails to act on the information - regardless of how compelling the issue.






39. A functionalist theory of aging introduced by Cumming and Henry that contends that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships.






40. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.






41. A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social - economic - and political interests.






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






43. Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.






44. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.






45. Another name for labeling theory.






46. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






47. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.






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






49. A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.






50. An area of study that focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment.