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CLEP Sociology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A large - organized religion not officially linked with the state or government.






2. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






3. Numerous ways that people with access to the Internet can do business from their computers.






4. A city characterized by relatively large size - open competition - an open class system - and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods.






5. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. A principle of organizational life - originated by Laurence J. Peter - according to which each individual within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.






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






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






13. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to concern for maintenance of harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family.






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






15. The process of introducing new elements into a culture through either discovery or invention.






16. The feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality - such as a divine being - or of being overcome with religious emotion.






17. Governmental social control.






18. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.






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 term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle - independent of their class positions.






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.






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






29. The practice of living together as a male-female couple without marrying.






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






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






32. A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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.






44. The process by which a relatively small number of people control what material eventually reaches the audience.






45. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






46. A three-member group.






47. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.






48. A term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect its objective position.






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






50. 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.