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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.
Incidence
Minority group
Disengagement theory
Law
2. According to the Census Bureau - any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.
Societal-reaction approach
Suburb
In-group
Terrorism
3. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.
Resource mobilization
Multiple-nuclei theory
New social movements
Master status
4. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.
Argot
Negotiation
Social control
Protestant ethic
5. The social institution through which goods and services are produced - distributed - and consumed.
Incidence
Economic system
Verstehen
Triad
6. A two-member group.
Xenocentrism
Dyad
Demographic transition
Racial group
7. Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture - including norms and values.
Defended neighborhood
Generalized others
Social change
Counterculture
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.
Labeling theory
Deviance
Patriarchy
Prejudice
9. The condition of being estranged or disassociated from the surrounding society.
New urban sociology
Alienation
Sociology
Postmodern 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.
Societal-reaction approach
Culture
Issei
Gemeinschaft
11. Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class - comprising the owners of the means of production.
Bourgeoisie
Formal social control
Egalitarian family
Intergenerational mobility
12. The sending of messages through the use of posture - facial expressions - and gestures.
Authority
Nonverbal communication
Cult
Assimilation
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.
Liberation theology
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Matrilineal descent
Diffusion
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.
Anomie theory of deviance
Deindustrialization
Control theory
Stereotypes
15. The incidence of death in a given population.
Cultural universals
Impression management
Triad
Mortality rate
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.
Luddites
Serial monogamy
Relative poverty
Intragenerational mobility
17. Information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.
Teacher-expectancy effect
Technology
Labor unions
Socialization
18. A three-member group.
Established sect
Social movements
Triad
Exploitation theory
19. A face-to-face or telephone questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information.
Social epidemiology
Conflict perspective
Mortality rate
Interview
20. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.
Patrilineal descent
Latent functions
Looking-glass self
Significant others
21. A variety of research techniques that make use of publicly accessible information and data.
Secondary analysis
Patrilineal descent
Symbols
Cultural universals
22. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.
Modernization
Obedience
Extended family
Science
23. Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.
Cult
Rites of passage
Hidden curriculum
Discovery
24. A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions.
Subculture
Cultural transmission
Affirmative action
Dominant ideology
25. A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth - prestige - or power.
Prejudice
Control group
Life chances
Social inequality
26. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.
Ageism
Code of ethics
Social institutions
Informal economy
27. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.
Formal organization
Ideal type
Postmodern society
Downsizing
28. An explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept.
Profane
Power elite
Hunting-and-gathering society
Operational definition
29. Distinctive patterns of social behavior evident among city residents.
Face-work
Urbanism
Voluntary associations
Status
30. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.
Content analysis
Personality
Looking-glass self
Postmodern society
31. A special type of bar chart that shows the distribution of the population by gender and age.
Classical theory
Latent functions
Intragenerational mobility
Population pyramid
32. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.
Code of ethics
Professional criminal
Endogamy
Postindustrial city
33. A sample for which every member of the entire population has the same chance of being selected.
Random sample
Social constructionist perspective
Significant others
Natural science
34. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.
Class
Class system
Exploitation theory
Language
35. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.
Opinion leader
Natural science
Defended neighborhood
Dysfunction
36. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.
Self
Assimilation
Pluralism
Religious rituals
37. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill.
Sick role
Observation
Death rate
Alienation
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.
Narcotizing dysfunction
Institutional discrimination
Economic system
Formal social control
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.
Impression management
Class
Disengagement theory
Tracking
40. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.
Social institutions
Observation
Iron law of oligarchy
Underclass
41. A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social - economic - and political interests.
Power elite
Social institutions
Dominant ideology
Incidence
42. The belief that the products - styles - or ideas of one's society are inferior to those that originate elsewhere.
Sexism
Amalgamation
Gerontology
Xenocentrism
43. Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.
Significant others
Neocolonialism
Political system
Intergenerational mobility
44. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.
Postmodern society
Total fertility rate (TFR)
Quantitative research
Conformity
45. Another name for labeling theory.
Culture
Cognitive theory of development
Societal-reaction approach
Infant mortality rate
46. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.
Language
Slavery
Anomie theory of deviance
Apartheid
47. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.
Conflict perspective
Racial group
Alienation
Prejudice
48. The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society.
Prestige
Megalopolis
Sample
Ethnic group
49. A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.
Monogamy
Terrorism
Traditional authority
Machismo
50. An area of study that focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment.
Expressiveness
Urban ecology
Class consciousness
Dependent variable