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CLEP Sociology

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






2. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






3. The work of a group that regulates relations between various criminal enterprises involved in the smuggling and sale of drugs - prostitution - gambling - and other activities.






4. The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.






5. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






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






7. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






8. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.






9. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






10. A social structure that derives its existence from the social interactions through which people define and redefine its character.






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






12. The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society.






13. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.






14. General practices found in every culture.






15. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.






16. The collection and distribution of information concerning events in the social environment.






17. A term used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired - but illegal - goods and services.






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






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






20. Rebellious craft workers in nineteenth-century England who destroyed new factory machinery as part of their resistance to the industrial revolution.






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






22. The ordinary and commonplace elements of life - as distinguished from the sacred.






23. The number of deaths per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude death rate.






24. Governmental social control.






25. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.






26. The exercise of power through a process of persuasion.






27. Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.






28. The condition of being estranged or disassociated from the surrounding society.






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






30. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






31. A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority.






32. 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.






33. The variable in a causal relationship that - when altered - causes or influences a change in a second variable.






34. A term used by Bowles and Gintis to refer to the tendency of schools to promote the values expected of individuals in each social class and to prepare students for the types of jobs typically held by members of their class.






35. The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.






36. Expectations regarding the proper behavior - attitudes - and activities of males and females.






37. Latino folk medicine using holistic health care and healing.






38. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.






39. Social control carried out by people casually through such means as laughter - smiles - and ridicule.






40. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






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






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






43. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






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






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






46. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






47. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.






48. Control of a market by a single business firm.






49. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.






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