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CLEP Sociology

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1. Research that collects and reports data primarily in numerical form.






2. 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.






3. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.






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






5. Mmanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.






6. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.






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






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






9. A term used to describe the change from high birthrates and death rates to relatively low birthrates and death rates.






10. A two-member group.






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






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






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. An approach to the study of formal organizations that emphasizes the role of people - communication - and participation within a bureaucracy and tends to focus on the informal structure of the organization.






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






17. Subjects in an experiment who are exposed to an independent variable introduced by a researcher.






18. A sociological approach that emphasizes inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization.






19. A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores - folkways - and values that differs from the pattern of the larger society.






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. The study of the distribution of disease - impairment - and general health status across a population.






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.






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






35. 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.






36. The totality of learned - socially transmitted behavior.






37. As defined by the World Health Organization - a state of complete physical - mental - and social well-being - and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.






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






39. Control of a market by a single business firm.






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






41. 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.






42. The phenomenon whereby the media provide such massive amounts of information that the audience becomes numb and generally fails to act on the information - regardless of how compelling the issue.






43. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.






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






45. Another name for labeling theory.






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






47. Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.






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






49. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.






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







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