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CLEP Sociology

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1. The number of deaths per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude death rate.






2. Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.






3. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.






4. The condition of being estranged or disassociated from the surrounding society.






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






6. A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.






7. Latino folk medicine using holistic health care and healing.






8. A view of social interaction - popularized by Erving Goffman - under which people are examined as if they were theatrical performers.






9. Crimes committed by affluent individuals or corporations in the course of their daily business activities.






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






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






12. Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe - respect - and even fear.






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






14. The body of knowledge obtained by methods based upon systematic observation.






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






16. An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field.






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






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






19. The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others.






20. Research that collects and reports data primarily in numerical form.






21. A view of society as ruled by a small group of individuals who share a common set of political and economic interests.






22. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






23. A society in which men dominate family decision making.






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






25. 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.






26. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.






27. 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.






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






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






30. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






31. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.






32. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






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






34. Salaries and wages.






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






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






37. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






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






39. Difficulties that occur when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.






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






41. Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world.






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






43. A city in which global finance and the electronic flow of information dominate the economy.






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






45. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






46. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






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






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






49. A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society.






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