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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The ways in which people respond to one another.






2. Jean Piaget's theory explaining how children's thought progresses through four stages.






3. 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.






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






5. Collective conceptions of what is considered good - desirable - and proper--or bad - undesirable - and improper--in a culture.






6. A term used to describe the change from high birthrates and death rates to relatively low birthrates and death rates.






7. A view of social interaction - popularized by Erving Goffman - under which people are examined as if they were theatrical performers.






8. A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards.






9. Talcott Parsons's functionalist view of society as tending toward a state of stability or balance.






10. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






11. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.






12. The gestures - objects - and language that form the basis of human communication.






13. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.






14. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






15. 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.






16. Long-term poor people who lack training and skills.






17. A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle - independent of their class positions.






18. Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture.






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






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






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






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






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






24. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.






25. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






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






27. An approach to the study of formal organizations that emphasizes the role of people - communication - and participation within a bureaucracy and tends to focus on the informal structure of the organization.






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






29. A religious group that is the outgrowth of a sect - yet remains isolated from society.






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






31. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






32. A term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect its objective position.






33. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.






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






35. The impact that a teacher's expectations about a student's performance may have on the student's actual achievements.






36. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






38. A variety of research techniques that make use of publicly accessible information and data.






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






40. 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.






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






42. A spatial or political unit of social organization that gives people a sense of belonging - based either on shared residence in a particular place or on a common identity.






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. The act of physically separating two groups; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group.






50. The deliberate - systematic killing of an entire people or nation.