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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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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. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






2. 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.






3. A city with only a few thousand people living within its borders and characterized by a relatively closed class system and limited mobility.






4. A two-member group.






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






6. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






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






8. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.






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






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






11. A systematic - organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem.






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






13. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.






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






15. The condition of being estranged or disassociated from the surrounding society.






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






17. The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others.






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






19. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.






20. The study of various aspects of human society.






21. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






27. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






28. The sending of messages through the use of posture - facial expressions - and gestures.






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






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






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






32. Mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one another's cultures - which allows minorities to express their own cultures without experiencing prejudice.






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






34. 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.






35. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






36. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.






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






38. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.






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






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






41. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






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






43. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.






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






45. An artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables.






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






47. A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fiber are readily available in order to live.






48. A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important.






49. The ordinary and commonplace elements of life - as distinguished from the sacred.






50. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.