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CLEP Sociology

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1. A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.






2. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.






3. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.






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






5. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






6. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






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






8. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.






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






10. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.






11. The process by which a relatively small number of people control what material eventually reaches the audience.






12. The ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money - political influence - access to the media - and personnel.






13. The scientific study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged.






14. A hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought.






15. The process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.






16. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.






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






18. Use of a church - primarily Roman Catholicism - in a political effort to eliminate poverty - discrimination - and other forms of injustice evident in a secular society.






19. The relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence - with one event leading to the other.






20. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






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






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






23. The requirement that people select mates outside certain groups.






24. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






25. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.






26. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






27. Mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one another's cultures - which allows minorities to express their own cultures without experiencing prejudice.






28. Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture - including norms and values.






29. Any group or category to which people feel they belong.






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






31. A special type of bar chart that shows the distribution of the population by gender and age.






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






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






34. A two-member group.






35. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.






36. Research that collects and reports data primarily in numerical form.






37. A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.






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






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






40. The unintended influence that observers or experiments can have on their subjects.






41. The number of live births per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude birthrate.






42. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






43. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.






44. The social institution through which goods and services are produced - distributed - and consumed.






45. A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency.






46. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.






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






48. A sense of virility - personal worth - and pride in one's maleness.






49. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






50. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.







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