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CLEP Sociology

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1. A sociological approach that emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.






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






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






4. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.






5. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.






6. Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.






7. Jean Piaget's theory explaining how children's thought progresses through four stages.






8. The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.






9. Expectations regarding the proper behavior - attitudes - and activities of males and females.






10. A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs.






11. An approach to the study of formal organizations that views workers as being motivated almost entirely by economic rewards.






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






13. Subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher.






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






15. The scientific study of population.






16. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.






17. The process of mentally assuming the perspective of another - thereby enabling one to respond from that imagined viewpoint.






18. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






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






20. 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.






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






22. The totality of learned - socially transmitted behavior.






23. 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.






24. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






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. A form of polygamy in which a woman can have several husbands at the same time.






27. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






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






29. Two unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in a relationship of mutual caring - who reside together - and who agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents - basic living expenses - and other common necessities.






30. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






31. A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority - such as prisons - the military - mental hospitals - and convents.






32. The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.






33. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.






34. The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society.






35. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






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






37. 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.






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






39. 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.






40. Norms governing everyday social behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.






41. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.






42. A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency.






43. The ordinary and commonplace elements of life - as distinguished from the sacred.






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






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






46. A society that depends on mechanization to produce its economic goods and services.






47. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






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






49. A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.






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







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