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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Reductions taken in a company's workforce as part of deindustrialization.






2. The work of a group that regulates relations between various criminal enterprises involved in the smuggling and sale of drugs - prostitution - gambling - and other activities.






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






4. A system of enforced servitude in which people are legally owned by others and in which enslaved status is transferred from parents to children.






5. The relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence - with one event leading to the other.






6. A group that - despite past prejudice and discrimination - succeeds economically - socially - and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites.






7. The process of disengagement from a role that is central to one's selfidentity and reestablishment of an identity in a new role.






8. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






9. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.






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






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






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. Talcott Parsons's functionalist view of society as tending toward a state of stability or balance.






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.






15. 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.






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






17. An authority pattern in which the adult members of the family are regarded as equals.






18. Employees who work fulltime or part-time at home rather than in an outside office and who are linked to their supervisors and colleagues through computer terminals - phone lines - and fax machines.






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






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






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






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






23. Mmanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.






24. The state of a population with a growth rate of zero - achieved when the number of births plus immigrants is equal to the number of deaths plus emigrants.






25. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to the child's awareness of the attitudes - viewpoints - and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account in his or her behavior.






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






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






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






29. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.






30. The feeling of surprise and disorientation that is experienced when people witness cultural practices different from their own.






31. 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.






32. Norms that generally are understood but are not precisely recorded.






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






34. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.






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






36. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.






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






38. A form of polygamy in which a husband can have several wives at the same time.






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






40. The extent to which a measure provides consistent results.






41. The study of the distribution of disease - impairment - and general health status across a population.






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






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






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






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






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






47. A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.






48. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.






49. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






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