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CLEP Social Sciences And History
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Answer 41 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Believed that a certain quality of mind is required in order to understand ourselves in relation to society.
stratified sampling
C. Wright Mills
qualitative methods
control group
2. A relationship that exists when a change in one variable coincides with - but does not cause - a change in another variable.
qualitative methods
causal relationship
correlational relationship
inductive theory
3. One that influences another variable.
control group
social sciences
explanatory survey
independent variable
4. Initiated from actual observation and built into a general theory.
dependent variable
generalization
C. Wright Mills
control group
5. A group of subjects not exposed to the same condition as an experimental group.
explanatory survey
control group
random sample
survey method
6. 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.
Talcott Parsons
Max Weber
conflict theory
structural functionalism
7. Auguste Comte's belief that scientists look toward the supernatural realm of ideas for explanation of what is observed.
representative sample
causal relationship
theological stage
social sciences
8. A technique of differentiating between factors that may or may not influence the relationship between variable.
qualitative methods
control
survey method
sociology
9. 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
social sciences
sociologist
scientific perspective
survey method
10. Researcher try to understand either causal or correlational relationships between variables - either independent or dependent variables.
survey method
qualitative methods
explanatory survey
sociologist
11. The science or discipline that studies societies - social groups - and the relationships between people.
sociology
quantitative methods
systematic sampling
survey method
12. A group of subjects exposed to a particular condition in a study.
Robert Merton
experimental group
conflict theory
control group
13. Studied suicide.
Karl Marx
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
C. Wright Mills
14. Believed that society follows a natural evolutionary path toward something better.
hypothesis
systematic sampling
deductive theory
Herbert Spencer
15. A means to advance human welfare through self-realization - full development of the cultivated personality - improvement of the human social condition.
inductive theory
causal relationship
humanistic perspective
Karl Marx
16. 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
sociological imagination
structural functionalism
survey method
verstehen
17. 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
stratified sampling
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
random sample
18. Coined the term sociology in 1838 to demarcate the field - its subject matter - and methods.
control
sociological imagination
Auguste Comte
C. Wright Mills
19. A sample that is relatively accurate in reflecting the population from which it is drawn.
deductive theory
qualitative methods
control group
representative sample
20. Sought to explain the origins of capitalism.
verstehen
Max Weber
social sciences
independent variable
21. One who focuses on a number of different levels of analysis in understanding social life - social interaction within groups - social structure.
humanistic perspective
control group
Max Weber
sociologist
22. 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.
structural functionalism
Max Weber
systematic sampling
quantitative methods
23. Perspectives of symbolic interaction - dramaturgy - and ethnomethodology.
interpretative
Auguste Comte
positive stage
Max Weber
24. 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.
hypothesis
inductive theory
Herbert Spencer
sociological imagination
25. 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.
control
structural functionalism
survey method
generalization
26. Proceeds from general ideas - knowledge - or understanding of the social world from which specific hypotheses are logically deduced and tested.
independent variable
scientific perspective
deductive theory
Herbert Spencer
27. 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.
qualitative methods
theological stage
C. Wright Mills
experimental group
28. 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
Robert Merton
verstehen
social sciences
systematic sampling
29. Observed England's social patterns during social change in Europe (1802 - 1876).
experimental group
independent variable
Harriet Martineau
positive stage
30. Making use of statistical and other mathematical techniques of quantification or measurement in an effort to describe and interpret observations.
metaphysical stage
explanatory survey
quantitative methods
generalization
31. Auguste Comte's belief that scientists look to the real world for an explanation of what is observed.
conflict theory
metaphysical stage
verstehen
representative sample
32. 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.
survey method
verstehen
random sample
explanatory survey
33. A variable that is being influenced by another variable.
generalization
qualitative methods
dependent variable
sociologist
34. When a change in one variable causes or forces a change in another variable.
social sciences
conflict theory
causal relationship
Talcott Parsons
35. The theoretical giant of communist thought whose prophecies are still hotly debated.
humanistic perspective
Auguste Comte
representative sample
Karl Marx
36. Proceeds from the concrete observations from which general conclusions are inferred through a process of reasoning.
experimental group
Herbert Spencer
Emile Durkheim
inductive theory
37. 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.'
Auguste Comte
generalization
Karl Marx
scientific perspective
38. 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 (
interpretative
social sciences
deductive theory
conflict theory
39. Generated from theory and tested through actual observation.
Emile Durkheim
causal relationship
hypothesis
Robert Merton
40. 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
representative sample
Auguste Comte
positive stage
C. Wright Mills
41. 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.
humanistic perspective
sociologist
verstehen
structural functionalism