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CLEP Sociology

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1. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.






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






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






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






5. A sociological approach that emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.






6. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






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






8. The state of being related to others.






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






10. A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards.






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






12. 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.






13. An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender - race - or ethnicity.






14. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. The double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equitably.






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






20. The process whereby people learn the attitudes - values - and actions appropriate for individuals as members of a particular culture.






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






22. Any group or category to which people feel they belong.






23. A selection from a larger population that is statistically representative of that population.






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






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






30. The number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1 -000 live births in a given year.






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






32. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.






33. A view of society in which many competing groups within the community have access to governmental officials so that no single group is dominant.






34. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






35. In a legal sense - a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights - responsibilities - and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents.






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






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






38. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.






39. A relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.






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






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 far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.






43. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






44. 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.






45. A large - organized religion not officially linked with the state or government.






46. A measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions.






47. Social control carried out by people casually through such means as laughter - smiles - and ridicule.






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






49. 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.






50. The gestures - objects - and language that form the basis of human communication.







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