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CLEP Sociology

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1. A two-member group.






2. Norms that generally are understood but are not precisely recorded.






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






4. As defined by the World Health Organization - a state of complete physical - mental - and social well-being - and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.






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






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






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






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






9. A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority - such as prisons - the military - mental hospitals - and convents.






10. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






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






12. Jean Piaget's theory explaining how children's thought progresses through four stages.






13. 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.






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






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






16. An enumeration - or counting - of a population.






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






18. An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaging in the same behavior are not.






19. 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.






20. Research that collects and reports data primarily in numerical form.






21. Talcott Parsons's functionalist view of society as tending toward a state of stability or balance.






22. Distinctive patterns of social behavior evident among city residents.






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






24. Going along with one's peers - individuals of a person's own status - who have no special right to direct that person's behavior.






25. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.






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






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






28. A term used by C. Wright Mills for a small group of military - industrial - and government leaders who control the fate of the United States.






29. 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.






30. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






31. A term used by Max Weber to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.






32. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.






33. Changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life.






34. A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.






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






36. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






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






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






39. Any number of people with similar norms - values - and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis.






40. Due to the stereotyping - this term has been abandoned by sociologists in favor of new religious movements.






41. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






42. A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores - folkways - and values that differs from the pattern of the larger society.






43. The requirement that people select mates outside certain groups.






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






45. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






46. A group or category to which people feel they do not belong.






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






48. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.






49. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.






50. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.







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