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CLEP Sociology

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1. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.






2. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.






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






4. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






5. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.






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






7. Hereditary systems of rank - usually religiously dictated - that tend to be fixed and immobile.






8. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






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






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






11. A set of expectations of people who occupy a given social position or status.






12. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






13. Norms governing everyday social behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.






14. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






15. Rituals marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another.






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






17. A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism.






18. The collection and distribution of information concerning events in the social environment.






19. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






20. A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores - folkways - and values that differs from the pattern of the larger society.






21. The totality of learned - socially transmitted behavior.






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






23. A city with only a few thousand people living within its borders and characterized by a relatively closed class system and limited mobility.






24. A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle - independent of their class positions.






25. A printed research instrument employed to obtain desired information from a respondent.






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






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






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






29. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






30. The use or threat of violence against random or symbolic targets in pursuit of political aims.






31. A three-member group.






32. The feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality - such as a divine being - or of being overcome with religious emotion.






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






34. An approach to deviance that emphasizes the role of culture in the creation of the deviant identity.






35. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.






36. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






37. The exercise of power through a process of persuasion.






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






39. As defined by the World Health Organization - a state of complete physical - mental - and social well-being - and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.






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






41. A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.






42. The ordinary and commonplace elements of life - as distinguished from the sacred.






43. 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.






44. Preindustrial societies in which people plant seeds and crops rather than subsist merely on available foods.






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






46. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.






47. 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.






48. Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture.






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






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







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