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CLEP Sociology

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






2. The maintenance of political - social - economic - and cultural dominance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period of time.






3. 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.






4. 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.






5. A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs.






6. Subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher.






7. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






8. The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.






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






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






11. Movement of individuals or groups from one position of a society's stratification system to another.






12. The state of a population with a growth rate of zero - achieved when the number of births plus immigrants is equal to the number of deaths plus emigrants.






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






14. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






15. A three-member group.






16. Control of a market by a single business firm.






17. The variable in a causal relationship that - when altered - causes or influences a change in a second variable.






18. 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.






19. 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.






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






21. Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class - comprising the owners of the means of production.






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






23. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






24. The process of mentally assuming the perspective of another - thereby enabling one to respond from that imagined viewpoint.






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






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






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






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






29. A person who pursues crime as a day-to-day occupation - developing skilled techniques and enjoying a certain degree of status among other criminals.






30. The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.






31. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.






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






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






34. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.






35. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






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






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






38. Governmental social control.






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






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






41. Behavior that occurs when work benefits are made contingent on sexual favors (as a 'quid pro quo') or when touching - lewd comments - or appearance of pornographic material creates a 'hostile environment' in the workplace.






42. Two unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in a relationship of mutual caring - who reside together - and who agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents - basic living expenses - and other common necessities.






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






44. Hereditary systems of rank - usually religiously dictated - that tend to be fixed and immobile.






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






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






47. The double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equitably.






48. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






49. An aspect of the socialization process within total institutions - in which people are subjected to humiliating rituals.






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