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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. An approach to deviance that emphasizes the role of culture in the creation of the deviant identity.






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.






3. Salaries and wages.






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






5. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to concern for maintenance of harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family.






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






7. A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fiber are readily available in order to live.






8. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.






9. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






10. Difficulties that occur when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.






11. The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons.






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






13. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.






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






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






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






17. A sociological approach that emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.






18. 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.






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






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






21. Behavior that occurs when work benefits are made contingent on sexual favors (as a 'quid pro quo') or when touching - lewd comments - or appearance of pornographic material creates a 'hostile environment' in the workplace.






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






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






24. A generally small - secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.






25. Governmental social control.






26. An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted.






27. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.






28. A measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions.






29. A term used by Bowles and Gintis to refer to the tendency of schools to promote the values expected of individuals in each social class and to prepare students for the types of jobs typically held by members of their class.






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






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






32. Pride in the extended family - expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk.






33. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.






34. A theory of social change that holds that society is moving in a definite direction.






35. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.






36. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. The totality of learned - socially transmitted behavior.






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






45. The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.






46. A relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.






47. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.






48. A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's norms.






49. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.






50. A society that depends on mechanization to produce its economic goods and services.