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