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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The social institution through which goods and services are produced - distributed - and consumed.






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






3. A group or category to which people feel they do not belong.






4. The impact that a teacher's expectations about a student's performance may have on the student's actual achievements.






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






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






7. Use of a church - primarily Roman Catholicism - in a political effort to eliminate poverty - discrimination - and other forms of injustice evident in a secular society.






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






9. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






10. Any number of people with similar norms - values - and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis.






11. A sense of virility - personal worth - and pride in one's maleness.






12. Sociological investigation that concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.






13. The use or threat of violence against random or symbolic targets in pursuit of political aims.






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






15. A set of people related by blood - marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship) - or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.






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






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






18. The unintended influence that observers or experiments can have on their subjects.






19. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.






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






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






22. An aspect of the socialization process within total institutions - in which people are subjected to humiliating rituals.






23. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






24. An explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept.






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






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






27. A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social - economic - and political interests.






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






29. Long term trend in human societies that results from the interplay of innovation - continuity - and selection.






30. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.






31. The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.






32. A person who pursues crime as a day-to-day occupation - developing skilled techniques and enjoying a certain degree of status among other criminals.






33. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






34. Governmental social control.






35. The process by which a majority group and a minority group combine through intermarriage to form a new group.






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






37. The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.






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






39. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






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






41. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.






42. Ogburn's term for a period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions.






43. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






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






45. The social institution that relies on a recognized set of procedures for implementing and achieving the goals of a group.






46. A negative attitude toward an entire category of people - such as a racial or ethnic minority.






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






48. A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's norms.






49. The process by which a group - organization - or social movement becomes increasingly bureaucratic.






50. Rituals marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another.