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CLEP Sociology

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






2. 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.






3. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






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






5. A religious group that is the outgrowth of a sect - yet remains isolated from society.






6. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






7. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






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






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






10. The feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality - such as a divine being - or of being overcome with religious emotion.






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






12. The number of live births per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude birthrate.






13. The ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money - political influence - access to the media - and personnel.






14. The variable in a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable.






15. A city with only a few thousand people living within its borders and characterized by a relatively closed class system and limited mobility.






16. The average number of years a person can be expected to live under current mortality conditions.






17. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the altering of the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.






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






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






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






21. A formal - impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding.






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






23. A relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.






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






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






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






27. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.






28. The exercise of power through a process of persuasion.






29. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






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






31. The incidence of death in a given population.






32. A sociological approach that generalizes about fundamental or everyday forms of social interaction.






33. 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.






34. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.






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






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






37. Governmental social control.






38. 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.






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






40. A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism.






41. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






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






43. A spatial or political unit of social organization that gives people a sense of belonging - based either on shared residence in a particular place or on a common identity.






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






45. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.






46. The practice of living together as a male-female couple without marrying.






47. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






48. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






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






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






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