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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process whereby people learn the attitudes - values - and actions appropriate for individuals as members of a particular culture.






2. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.






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






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






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






6. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.






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






8. A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the 1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.






9. 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.






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






11. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






12. A person who pursues crime as a day-to-day occupation - developing skilled techniques and enjoying a certain degree of status among other criminals.






13. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.






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






15. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






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






17. A neighborbood that residents identify through defined community borders and through a perception that adjacent areas are geographically separate and socially different.






18. Long term trend in human societies that results from the interplay of innovation - continuity - and selection.






19. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






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






21. Movement of individuals or groups from one position of a society's stratification system to another.






22. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.






23. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






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






25. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






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






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






28. 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.






29. A term used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired - but illegal - goods and services.






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






31. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.






32. An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain.






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






34. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.






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






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






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






38. An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted.






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






40. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.






41. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.






42. A form of polygamy in which a woman can have several husbands at the same time.






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






44. The variable in a causal relationship that - when altered - causes or influences a change in a second variable.






45. An enumeration - or counting - of a population.






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






47. Subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher.






48. Crimes committed by affluent individuals or corporations in the course of their daily business activities.






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






50. Print and electronic instruments of communication that carry messages to often widespread audiences.