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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others.






2. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






3. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






4. A principle of organizational life - originated by Laurence J. Peter - according to which each individual within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.






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






6. 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.






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






8. A society in which men dominate family decision making.






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






10. The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.






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






12. A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory - are relatively independent of people outside it - and participate in a common culture.






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






14. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.






15. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.






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






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






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






19. The scientific study of population.






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21. The process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.






22. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the mother.






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






24. A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society.






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






26. A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth - prestige - or power.






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






28. Governmental social control.






29. The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.






30. The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons.






31. A view of society in which many competing groups within the community have access to governmental officials so that no single group is dominant.






32. In Harold D. Lasswell's words - 'who gets what - when - and how.'






33. A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.






34. Hereditary systems of rank - usually religiously dictated - that tend to be fixed and immobile.






35. Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.






36. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.






37. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.






38. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.






39. The body of knowledge obtained by methods based upon systematic observation.






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






41. The process through which religion's influence on other social institutions diminishes.






42. A religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion.






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






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






45. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






46. The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.






47. An enumeration - or counting - of a population.






48. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.






49. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






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







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