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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The variable in a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable.






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






3. The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.






4. The belief that the products - styles - or ideas of one's society are inferior to those that originate elsewhere.






5. A formal - impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding.






6. The number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1 -000 live births in a given year.






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






8. 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.






9. In a legal sense - a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights - responsibilities - and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents.






10. Rituals marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another.






11. A speculative statement about the relationship between two or more variables.






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






13. Sociological investigation that concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.






14. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.






15. Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture - including norms and values.






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






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






18. The state of being related to others.






19. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






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






21. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the mother.






22. An authority pattern in which the adult members of the family are regarded as equals.






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






24. Failures that are inevitable - given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized.






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






26. A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth - prestige - or power.






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






28. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






29. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






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






31. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.






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






33. A set of expectations of people who occupy a given social position or status.






34. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.






35. The number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time.






36. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.






37. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.






38. 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.






39. The degree to which a scale or measure truly reflects the phenomenon under study.






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






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






42. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






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






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






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






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






47. An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain.






48. A theory of social change that holds that society is moving in a definite direction.






49. The study of various aspects of human society.






50. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to those individuals who are most important in the development of the self - such as parents - friends - and teachers.