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CLEP Sociology
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1. 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.
Gatekeeping
Sociology
Peter principle
Classical theory
2. A view of society in which many competing groups within the community have access to governmental officials so that no single group is dominant.
Multiple-nuclei theory
Pluralist model
Anomie theory of deviance
Sociobiology
3. The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons.
Prevalence
Ethnocentrism
Sexism
Discrimination
4. A sense of virility - personal worth - and pride in one's maleness.
Experimental group
Machismo
Intergenerational mobility
Feminist perspective
5. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.
Sanctions
Monopoly
Relative deprivation
Homophobia
6. The ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money - political influence - access to the media - and personnel.
Resource mobilization
Social network
Role strain
Status
7. 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.
Operational definition
Power
Material culture
Creationism
8. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.
Postindustrial society
Self
Deviance
Multilinear evolutionary theory
9. An artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables.
Experiment
Urban ecology
Social epidemiology
Informal economy
10. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.
Organized crime
Latent functions
Bourgeoisie
Obedience
11. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.
Value neutrality
Capitalism
Socialism
Prevalence
12. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.
E-commerce
Proletariat
Folkways
Operational definition
13. According to the Census Bureau - any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.
Monopoly
Informal social control
Observation
Suburb
14. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.
Life chances
Exogamy
Ethnocentrism
Industrial city
15. The condition of being estranged or disassociated from the surrounding society.
Random sample
Society
Conflict perspective
Alienation
16. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.
Social control
Social network
Urban ecology
Theory
17. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.
Sect
Capitalism
Globalization
Wealth
18. The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.
Cultural relativism
New social movements
Victimless crimes
Patriarchy
19. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.
Globalization
Material culture
Control group
Minority group
20. An enumeration - or counting - of a population.
Credentialism
Sick role
Census
Nuclear family
21. The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.
Racism
Creationism
Ethnic group
Absolute poverty
22. According to
Religion
Anticipatory socialization
Correlation
Political socialization
23. The body of knowledge obtained by methods based upon systematic observation.
Science
Informal economy
Narcotizing dysfunction
Urbanism
24. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.
New urban sociology
Vested interests
Religious beliefs
Labor unions
25. Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture.
Sample
Argot
Differential association
Qualitative research
26. Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class - comprising the owners of the means of production.
Life chances
Control variable
Census
Bourgeoisie
27. Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.
Formal social control
Anomie
Morbidity rates
Evolutionary theory
28. A densely populated area containing two or more cities and their surrounding suburbs.
Monopoly
Horticultural societies
Megalopolis
Differential association
29. Crimes committed by affluent individuals or corporations in the course of their daily business activities.
Formal social control
Social role
White-collar crime
Social constructionist perspective
30. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.
Incest taboo
Family
Sociocultural evolution
Downsizing
31. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.
Issei
Gesellschaft
Racial group
Intragenerational mobility
32. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.
Value neutrality
Ethnocentrism
Homophobia
Secularization
33. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.
Control variable
Deviance
Glass ceiling
Religion
34. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.
McDonaldization
Fertility
Verstehen
Normal accidents
35. A society in which men dominate family decision making.
Mass media
Patriarchy
Differential association
Slavery
36. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.
Nuclear family
Prevalence
Coalition
Assimilation
37. A system of enforced servitude in which people are legally owned by others and in which enslaved status is transferred from parents to children.
Slavery
Evolutionary theory
Polyandry
Observation
38. In a legal sense - a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights - responsibilities - and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents.
Life chances
Adoption
Curanderismo
Tracking
39. In Karl Marx's view - a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change.
Gatekeeping
Charismatic authority
Ethnic group
Class consciousness
40. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.
Open system
Sacred
Religious experience
Racial group
41. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.
Alienation
Cultural relativism
Socialism
Community
42. A group that is set apart from others because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns.
Natural science
Morbidity rates
Ethnic group
Religious experience
43. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.
Personality
Trained incapacity
Anomie
Generalized others
44. The study of an entire social setting through extended systematic observation.
Sociobiology
Ethnography
Relative poverty
Nonverbal communication
45. A form of polygamy in which a husband can have several wives at the same time.
Reliability
Polygyny
Vertical mobility
Informal social control
46. A measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions.
Prestige
Creationism
Variable
Operational definition
47. Expectations regarding the proper behavior - attitudes - and activities of males and females.
Profane
Gender roles
Polygamy
Cognitive theory of development
48. Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.
Social network
New social movements
Authority
Bilateral descent
49. 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.
Cult
New social movements
Sociocultural evolution
Society
50. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.
Liberation theology
Total institutions
Endogamy
Patriarchy