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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An aspect of the socialization process within total institutions - in which people are subjected to humiliating rituals.






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






3. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






4. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.






5. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






6. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.






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






8. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






9. Control of a market by a single business firm.






10. Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe - respect - and even fear.






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






12. Reductions taken in a company's workforce as part of deindustrialization.






13. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.






14. The phenomenon whereby the media provide such massive amounts of information that the audience becomes numb and generally fails to act on the information - regardless of how compelling the issue.






15. The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.






16. Mmanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.






17. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






18. The study of the distribution of disease - impairment - and general health status across a population.






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






20. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.






21. A term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect its objective position.






22. A large - organized religion not officially linked with the state or government.






23. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






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






25. Another name for labeling theory.






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






28. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.






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






30. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.






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






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






33. A city characterized by relatively large size - open competition - an open class system - and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods.






34. 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.






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






36. Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world.






37. The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society.






38. Families in which there is only one parent present to care for children.






39. The scientific study of population.






40. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






41. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.






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






43. Crimes committed by affluent individuals or corporations in the course of their daily business activities.






44. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.






45. Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.






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






47. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






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






49. Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.






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