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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs.






2. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






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






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






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






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






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






8. The average number of years a person can be expected to live under current mortality conditions.






9. A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism.






10. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.






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






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






13. Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture.






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






15. Questionnaires or interviews used to determine whether people have been victims of crime.






16. The feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality - such as a divine being - or of being overcome with religious emotion.






17. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.






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






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






20. A group that - despite past prejudice and discrimination - succeeds economically - socially - and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites.






21. Max Weber's term for the disciplined work ethic - this-worldly concerns - and rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers.






22. A two-member group.






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






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






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






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






27. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






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






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






30. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






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






32. A sample for which every member of the entire population has the same chance of being selected.






33. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






34. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.






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






36. A theory of social change that holds that all societies pass through the same successive stages of evolution and inevitably reach the same end.






37. A face-to-face or telephone questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information.






38. A theory of urban growth that sees growth in terms of a series of rings radiating from the central business district.






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






40. Organized workers who share either the same skill or the same employer.






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






42. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.






43. The scientific study of population.






44. The state of being related to others.






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






46. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






47. Print and electronic instruments of communication that carry messages to often widespread audiences.






48. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






49. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe communities - often urban - that are large and impersonal with little commitment to the group or consensus on values.






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