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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






2. Sociological investigation that concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.






3. The feeling of surprise and disorientation that is experienced when people witness cultural practices different from their own.






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






5. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.






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






7. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to concern for maintenance of harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family.






8. Organized collective activities that promote autonomy and self-determination as well as improvements in the quality of life.






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






10. The process of disengagement from a role that is central to one's selfidentity and reestablishment of an identity in a new role.






11. Numerous ways that people with access to the Internet can do business from their computers.






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






13. The incidence of death in a given population.






14. The study of an entire social setting through extended systematic observation.






15. The extent to which a measure provides consistent results.






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






17. The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.






18. An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain.






19. A printed research instrument employed to obtain desired information from a respondent.






20. Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world.






21. Behavior that occurs when work benefits are made contingent on sexual favors (as a 'quid pro quo') or when touching - lewd comments - or appearance of pornographic material creates a 'hostile environment' in the workplace.






22. Salaries and wages.






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






24. A group or category to which people feel they do not belong.






25. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






26. The use or threat of violence against random or symbolic targets in pursuit of political aims.






27. An approach to the study of formal organizations that views workers as being motivated almost entirely by economic rewards.






28. Difficulties that result from the differing demands and expectations associated with the same social position.






29. Long term trend in human societies that results from the interplay of innovation - continuity - and selection.






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






31. A city characterized by relatively large size - open competition - an open class system - and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods.






32. The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.






33. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.






34. A densely populated area containing two or more cities and their surrounding suburbs.






35. A view of society as ruled by a small group of individuals who share a common set of political and economic interests.






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






37. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






38. The practice of living together as a male-female couple without marrying.






39. A formal - impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding.






40. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






41. Information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.






42. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






43. Organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society.






44. The totality of learned - socially transmitted behavior.






45. The ability to exercise one's will over others.






46. An area of study concerned with the interrelationships between people and their spatial setting and physical environment.






47. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






48. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.






49. Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.






50. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.