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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






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






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






4. Print and electronic instruments of communication that carry messages to often widespread audiences.






5. A formal - impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding.






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






7. Information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.






8. Difficulties that occur when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.






9. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






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






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






12. The process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant have come to dominate certain sectors of society - both in the United States and throughout the world.






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






14. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.






15. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






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






17. An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender - race - or ethnicity.






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






19. The process of disengagement from a role that is central to one's selfidentity and reestablishment of an identity in a new role.






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






21. Any number of people with similar norms - values - and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis.






22. 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.






23. A term used by Bowles and Gintis to refer to the tendency of schools to promote the values expected of individuals in each social class and to prepare students for the types of jobs typically held by members of their class.






24. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.






25. Expectations regarding the proper behavior - attitudes - and activities of males and females.






26. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.






27. 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.






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






29. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.






30. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.






31. Reductions taken in a company's workforce as part of deindustrialization.






32. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






33. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






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






36. Max Weber's term for the disciplined work ethic - this-worldly concerns - and rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






43. The study of various aspects of human society.






44. A sociological approach that emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.






45. The relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence - with one event leading to the other.






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






47. A printed research instrument employed to obtain desired information from a respondent.






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






49. 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.






50. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.