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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.






2. Failures that are inevitable - given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized.






3. A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority.






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






5. Expectations regarding the proper behavior - attitudes - and activities of males and females.






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






7. The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.






8. 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.






9. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






10. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






11. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






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






13. A temporary or permanent alliance geared toward a common goal.






14. The scientific study of population.






15. The process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.






16. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.






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






18. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.






19. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.






20. A sociological approach that generalizes about fundamental or everyday forms of social interaction.






21. The systematic - widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants.






22. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






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






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






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






26. The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.






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






28. An interactionist perspective that states that interracial contact between people of equal status in cooperative circumstances will reduce prejudice.






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






30. A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fiber are readily available in order to live.






31. A theory of social change that holds that society is moving in a definite direction.






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






33. A sociological approach that emphasizes inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization.






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






35. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






36. 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.






37. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






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






39. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.






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






41. Behavior that occurs when work benefits are made contingent on sexual favors (as a 'quid pro quo') or when touching - lewd comments - or appearance of pornographic material creates a 'hostile environment' in the workplace.






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






43. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






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






45. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe communities - often urban - that are large and impersonal with little commitment to the group or consensus on values.






46. In Harold D. Lasswell's words - 'who gets what - when - and how.'






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






48. Pride in the extended family - expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk.






49. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






50. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.