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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.






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






3. The variable in a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable.






4. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the efforts of people to maintain the proper image and avoid embarrassment in public.






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill.






10. A theory of urban growth that views growth as emerging from many centers of development - each of which may reflect a particular urban need or activity.






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






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






13. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






14. A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's norms.






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






16. The collection and distribution of information concerning events in the social environment.






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






18. Crimes committed by affluent individuals or corporations in the course of their daily business activities.






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






20. Social control carried out by authorized agents - such as police officers - judges - school administrators - and employers.






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22. The scientific study of population.






23. In Karl Marx's view - a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change.






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






25. The systematic - widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants.






26. The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.






27. The conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.






28. The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. An explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept.






33. A form of marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives simultaneously.






34. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by law.






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






36. Another name for labeling theory.






37. The extent to which a measure provides consistent results.






38. A view of social interaction - popularized by Erving Goffman - under which people are examined as if they were theatrical performers.






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






40. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.






41. The process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.






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






43. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






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






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






46. Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.






47. The totality of learned - socially transmitted behavior.






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






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






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