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CLEP Sociology

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1. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. A group that - despite past prejudice and discrimination - succeeds economically - socially - and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites.






7. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.






8. A theory of social change that holds that all societies pass through the same successive stages of evolution and inevitably reach the same end.






9. The extent to which a measure provides consistent results.






10. A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions.






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.






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






15. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.






19. The social institution that relies on a recognized set of procedures for implementing and achieving the goals of a group.






20. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by law.






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






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






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






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






33. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






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






35. A two-member group.






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






37. A face-to-face or telephone questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information.






38. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.






39. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. A negative attitude toward an entire category of people - such as a racial or ethnic minority.






45. 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.






46. A principle of organizational life developed by Robert Michels under which even democratic organizations will become bureaucracies ruled by a few individuals.






47. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






48. Another name for labeling theory.






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






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







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