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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The ways in which people respond to one another.






2. The process whereby people learn the attitudes - values - and actions appropriate for individuals as members of a particular culture.






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






4. A sociological approach that generalizes about fundamental or everyday forms of social interaction.






5. The average number of children born alive to a woman - assuming that she conforms to current fertility rates.






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






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






8. A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores - folkways - and values that differs from the pattern of the larger society.






9. A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the 1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.






10. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






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






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. Unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not recognize individual differences within the group.






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






18. The conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.






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






20. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






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






22. The maintenance of political - social - economic - and cultural dominance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period of time.






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






24. The social institution that relies on a recognized set of procedures for implementing and achieving the goals of a group.






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






26. 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.






27. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.






28. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to those individuals who are most important in the development of the self - such as parents - friends - and teachers.






29. A religious group that is the outgrowth of a sect - yet remains isolated from society.






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






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






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






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






34. The study of various aspects of human society.






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






36. Failures that are inevitable - given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized.






37. The degree to which a scale or measure truly reflects the phenomenon under study.






38. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






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






40. Transfers of money - goods - or services that are not reported to the government.






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






42. The scientific study of population.






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






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






45. A speculative statement about the relationship between two or more variables.






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






47. A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions.






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






49. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by law.






50. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.