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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A society that depends on mechanization to produce its economic goods and services.






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






3. The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.






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






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






6. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.






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






8. An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain.






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






10. The gestures - objects - and language that form the basis of human communication.






11. 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.






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






13. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






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






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






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






17. 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.






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






19. Due to the stereotyping - this term has been abandoned by sociologists in favor of new religious movements.






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






21. A social structure that derives its existence from the social interactions through which people define and redefine its character.






22. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.






23. A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society.






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. The exercise of power through a process of persuasion.






30. A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards.






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






32. A functionalist theory of aging introduced by Cumming and Henry that contends that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships.






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






34. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.






35. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






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






37. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






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






39. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






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






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






42. Rituals marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another.






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






44. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.






45. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.






46. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






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






48. A term used by Max Weber to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.






49. A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the 1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.






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