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CLEP Sociology

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






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






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






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






5. The study of an entire social setting through extended systematic observation.






6. The number of deaths per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude death rate.






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






8. The average number of children born alive to a woman - assuming that she conforms to current fertility rates.






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






10. 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.






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






12. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






13. A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society.






14. A sample for which every member of the entire population has the same chance of being selected.






15. A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory - are relatively independent of people outside it - and participate in a common culture.






16. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. The feeling of surprise and disorientation that is experienced when people witness cultural practices different from their own.






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






23. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






24. Governmental social control.






25. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.






26. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.






27. A society whose economic system is primarily engaged in the processing and control of information.






28. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






29. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






30. An area of study that focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment.






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






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






33. The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.






34. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.






35. Veblen's term for those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo.






36. The requirement that people select mates outside certain groups.






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






39. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






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






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






42. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






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






44. An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field.






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






46. A three-member group.






47. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.






48. A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society - whatever their lifestyles - are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole.






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






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