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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. 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.






3. The feeling of surprise and disorientation that is experienced when people witness cultural practices different from their own.






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






5. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






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






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






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






9. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.






10. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






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






12. Governmental social control.






13. The double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equitably.






14. According to the Census Bureau - any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.






15. Norms governing everyday social behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.






16. A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle - independent of their class positions.






17. An artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables.






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






19. A form of polygamy in which a husband can have several wives at the same time.






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






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






22. Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.






23. The gestures - objects - and language that form the basis of human communication.






24. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.






25. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






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






27. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






28. A society whose economic system is primarily engaged in the processing and control of information.






29. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






30. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.






31. A formal - impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding.






32. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.






33. General practices found in every culture.






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






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






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






37. The process by which a group - organization - or social movement becomes increasingly bureaucratic.






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.






39. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the altering of the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.






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






41. 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.






42. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.