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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • 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 feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality - such as a divine being - or of being overcome with religious emotion.






3. Unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not recognize individual differences within the group.






4. 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.






5. A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory - are relatively independent of people outside it - and participate in a common culture.






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






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






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






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






10. In a legal sense - a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights - responsibilities - and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents.






11. The deliberate - systematic killing of an entire people or nation.






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






13. Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture - including norms and values.






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






15. Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.






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






17. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.






18. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






20. A term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect its objective position.






21. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.






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






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






24. A view of society in which many competing groups within the community have access to governmental officials so that no single group is dominant.






25. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






26. Cultural adjustments to material conditions - such as customs - beliefs - patterns of communication - and ways of using material objects.






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






28. The study of an entire social setting through extended systematic observation.






29. Preindustrial societies in which people plant seeds and crops rather than subsist merely on available foods.






30. 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.






31. Salaries and wages.






32. The German word for 'understanding' or 'insight'; used by Max Weber to stress the need for sociologists to take into account people's emotions - thoughts - beliefs - and attitudes.






33. 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.






34. A society whose economic system is primarily engaged in the processing and control of information.






35. A religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion.






36. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






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






38. A neighborbood that residents identify through defined community borders and through a perception that adjacent areas are geographically separate and socially different.






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






40. A three-member group.






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






42. The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons.






43. The act of physically separating two groups; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group.






44. A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fiber are readily available in order to live.






45. A theory of social change that holds that society is moving in a definite direction.






46. General practices found in every culture.






47. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






48. 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.






49. A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth - prestige - or power.






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