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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A society that depends on mechanization to produce its economic goods and services.






2. The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.






3. The scientific study of population.






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






5. A term used by Max Weber to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.






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






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






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






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






10. A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.






11. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.






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






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






14. The process whereby people learn the attitudes - values - and actions appropriate for individuals as members of a particular culture.






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






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






17. 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.






18. A densely populated area containing two or more cities and their surrounding suburbs.






19. An approach to deviance that emphasizes the role of culture in the creation of the deviant identity.






20. The incidence of diseases in a given population.






21. An enumeration - or counting - of a population.






22. A printed research instrument employed to obtain desired information from a respondent.






23. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






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






25. An area of study concerned with the interrelationships between people and their spatial setting and physical environment.






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. An area of study that focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment.






30. The conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.






31. Social control carried out by authorized agents - such as police officers - judges - school administrators - and employers.






32. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






33. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.






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






35. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






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






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






38. A theory of urban growth that sees growth in terms of a series of rings radiating from the central business district.






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






40. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






41. A city characterized by relatively large size - open competition - an open class system - and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods.






42. Difficulties that result from the differing demands and expectations associated with the same social position.






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






44. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.






45. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.






46. Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.






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






48. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






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






50. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the mother.