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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






2. An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaging in the same behavior are not.






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






4. The most technologically advanced form of preindustrial society. Members are primarily engaged in the production of food but increase their crop yield through such innovations as the plow.






5. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.






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






7. The number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time.






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






9. The requirement that people select mates outside certain groups.






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






11. Distinctive patterns of social behavior evident among city residents.






12. The sending of messages through the use of posture - facial expressions - and gestures.






13. An authority pattern in which the adult members of the family are regarded as equals.






14. A three-member group.






15. A society in which men dominate family decision making.






16. 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.






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






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






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






20. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






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






22. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






23. A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important.






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






25. In Harold D. Lasswell's words - 'who gets what - when - and how.'






26. A set of expectations of people who occupy a given social position or status.






27. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.






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






29. A view of society as ruled by a small group of individuals who share a common set of political and economic interests.






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






31. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






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






33. A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority.






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






35. The degree to which a scale or measure truly reflects the phenomenon under study.






36. Failures that are inevitable - given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized.






37. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.






38. Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.






39. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






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






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






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






43. Pride in the extended family - expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk.






44. Talcott Parsons's functionalist view of society as tending toward a state of stability or balance.






45. Collective conceptions of what is considered good - desirable - and proper--or bad - undesirable - and improper--in a culture.






46. An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted.






47. A systematic - organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem.






48. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






49. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to the child's awareness of the attitudes - viewpoints - and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account in his or her behavior.






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