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CLEP Sociology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The extent to which a measure provides consistent results.






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






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






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






5. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






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






7. A three-member group.






8. A group or category to which people feel they do not belong.






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






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






11. 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.






12. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.






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






14. An enumeration - or counting - of a population.






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






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






17. Organized workers who share either the same skill or the same employer.






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






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






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






21. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.






22. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






23. The ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money - political influence - access to the media - and personnel.






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






30. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.






31. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






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






33. A city in which global finance and the electronic flow of information dominate the economy.






34. Salaries and wages.






35. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.






36. 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.






37. According to the Census Bureau - any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.






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






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






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






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






42. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






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






44. A set of people related by blood - marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship) - or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.






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






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






47. An aspect of the socialization process within total institutions - in which people are subjected to humiliating rituals.






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






49. 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.






50. Any group or category to which people feel they belong.