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CLEP Social Sciences And History
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Answer 41 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Initiated from actual observation and built into a general theory.
hypothesis
generalization
metaphysical stage
experimental group
2. A sample where every member of the population has the same chance of being chose for a study - and selecting as many as are thought necessary to achieve representativeness.
C. Wright Mills
independent variable
random sample
correlational relationship
3. Observed England's social patterns during social change in Europe (1802 - 1876).
Harriet Martineau
theological stage
independent variable
random sample
4. Believed that a certain quality of mind is required in order to understand ourselves in relation to society.
generalization
C. Wright Mills
correlational relationship
Herbert Spencer
5. Personal observation and description of social life in order to explain behavior - this methods entails the loss of precision but achieves a deeper grasp of the texture of social life.
Herbert Spencer
survey method
qualitative methods
stratified sampling
6. Concerned with psychology with its emphasis on behavior and mental processes - social life - economic with its emphasis on production - distribution - and consumption of goods - political science with emphasis on political philosophy and forms of gov
metaphysical stage
social sciences
independent variable
quantitative methods
7. Auguste Comte's belief that the definitive stage of all knowledge in the search for general ideas or laws. With such knowledge of how society is held together and how society changes - predictions on how people will react can be made - therefore cont
sociology
control
Auguste Comte
positive stage
8. One of three approaches to recent sociology studies. Views society as being characterized by conflict and inequality. Questions such factors as race - gender - social class - and age and the unequal distribution of socially valued goods and rewards (
experimental group
conflict theory
dependent variable
explanatory survey
9. A type of sampling where the nth unit in a list is selected for inclusion in the sample. For example - every 50th resident listed in a phone book of a given area.
theological stage
random sample
qualitative methods
systematic sampling
10. Auguste Comte's belief that scientists look toward the supernatural realm of ideas for explanation of what is observed.
sociological imagination
theological stage
metaphysical stage
interpretative
11. Inspired by writings of Emile Durkeim and Herbert Spencer which said the components of a society are interdependent - with each one serving a function necessary for the survival of the system as a whole.
conflict theory
structural functionalism
sociological imagination
social sciences
12. A technique of differentiating between factors that may or may not influence the relationship between variable.
correlational relationship
control
humanistic perspective
scientific perspective
13. A relationship that exists when a change in one variable coincides with - but does not cause - a change in another variable.
correlational relationship
Max Weber
representative sample
social sciences
14. Proceeds from general ideas - knowledge - or understanding of the social world from which specific hypotheses are logically deduced and tested.
hypothesis
independent variable
stratified sampling
deductive theory
15. Advocated grand theory - involving the building of a theory of society based on aspects of the real world to form a society as a stable system of interrelated parts.
Emile Durkheim
sociologist
explanatory survey
Talcott Parsons
16. Developed by Max Weber as a means of characterizing and interpreting by applying reason to external and inner context of specific social situations - such as the origins of Western capitalism.
correlational relationship
verstehen
dependent variable
scientific perspective
17. Sought to explain the origins of capitalism.
representative sample
Max Weber
Herbert Spencer
scientific perspective
18. Generated from theory and tested through actual observation.
hypothesis
correlational relationship
systematic sampling
inductive theory
19. A variable that is being influenced by another variable.
random sample
Harriet Martineau
dependent variable
theological stage
20. A means to advance human welfare through self-realization - full development of the cultivated personality - improvement of the human social condition.
conflict theory
generalization
qualitative methods
humanistic perspective
21. One who focuses on a number of different levels of analysis in understanding social life - social interaction within groups - social structure.
Auguste Comte
sociologist
quantitative methods
correlational relationship
22. Coined the term sociology in 1838 to demarcate the field - its subject matter - and methods.
random sample
representative sample
Auguste Comte
Karl Marx
23. A group of subjects not exposed to the same condition as an experimental group.
control group
Auguste Comte
metaphysical stage
sociology
24. Auguste Comte's belief that scientists look to the real world for an explanation of what is observed.
experimental group
control
Herbert Spencer
metaphysical stage
25. Believed that society follows a natural evolutionary path toward something better.
stratified sampling
causal relationship
Robert Merton
Herbert Spencer
26. A research method where subjects are interviewed about their opinions - beliefs - behavior - in a series of questions - to aid the researcher in collecting information about general population characteristics or collecting information about some even
social sciences
survey method
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
27. One that influences another variable.
independent variable
Emile Durkheim
correlational relationship
sociological imagination
28. The science or discipline that studies societies - social groups - and the relationships between people.
social sciences
sociology
causal relationship
Robert Merton
29. A sample that is relatively accurate in reflecting the population from which it is drawn.
Herbert Spencer
independent variable
systematic sampling
representative sample
30. The quality of mind that seeks to expand the role of freedom - choice - and conscious decision in history by means of knowledge. Personal troubles often reflect broader social issues and problems.
qualitative methods
sociologist
survey method
sociological imagination
31. Proposed building middle range theories from a limited number of assumptions for which hypotheses are derived. Also distinguished between manifest or intended - latent unintended - consequences of existing elements of social structure that are either
C. Wright Mills
Robert Merton
sociologist
verstehen
32. Proceeds from the concrete observations from which general conclusions are inferred through a process of reasoning.
sociologist
explanatory survey
inductive theory
C. Wright Mills
33. When a change in one variable causes or forces a change in another variable.
causal relationship
positive stage
sociologist
inductive theory
34. Studied suicide.
correlational relationship
Emile Durkheim
conflict theory
qualitative methods
35. A group of subjects exposed to a particular condition in a study.
correlational relationship
experimental group
explanatory survey
inductive theory
36. Perspectives of symbolic interaction - dramaturgy - and ethnomethodology.
Emile Durkheim
interpretative
representative sample
explanatory survey
37. The theoretical giant of communist thought whose prophecies are still hotly debated.
conflict theory
causal relationship
Karl Marx
control group
38. Researcher try to understand either causal or correlational relationships between variables - either independent or dependent variables.
stratified sampling
theological stage
explanatory survey
quantitative methods
39. A type of sampling that uses the differences that already exist in a population as the basis for selecting a sample i.e. - male/female. The researcher can then determine the percentage of each group - then randomly select a number of persons to be st
sociologist
independent variable
structural functionalism
stratified sampling
40. Primarily concerned with acquiring objective empirical knowledge and not with the uses to which such knowledge is put. Concerned with 'what it' and not with 'what should be.'
scientific perspective
C. Wright Mills
hypothesis
deductive theory
41. Making use of statistical and other mathematical techniques of quantification or measurement in an effort to describe and interpret observations.
inductive theory
hypothesis
quantitative methods
independent variable