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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






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






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






4. A sociological approach that emphasizes inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization.






5. A generally small - secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.






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






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






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






9. The process by which a majority group and a minority group combine through intermarriage to form a new group.






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






11. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.






12. A society in which men dominate family decision making.






13. The ways in which people respond to one another.






14. A society that depends on mechanization to produce its economic goods and services.






15. A special type of bar chart that shows the distribution of the population by gender and age.






16. Employees who work fulltime or part-time at home rather than in an outside office and who are linked to their supervisors and colleagues through computer terminals - phone lines - and fax machines.






17. The process through which religion's influence on other social institutions diminishes.






18. A relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.






19. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.






20. Organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society.






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






22. The process whereby people learn the attitudes - values - and actions appropriate for individuals as members of a particular culture.






23. A term used by C. Wright Mills for a small group of military - industrial - and government leaders who control the fate of the United States.






24. 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.






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






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






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






28. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






29. A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.






30. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe communities - often urban - that are large and impersonal with little commitment to the group or consensus on values.






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






32. 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.






33. Families in which there is only one parent present to care for children.






34. Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.






35. 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.






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






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






38. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.






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






40. 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.






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






42. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






43. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






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






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






46. 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.






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






48. The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society.






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






50. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.