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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Transfers of money - goods - or services that are not reported to the government.






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






3. Any group that individuals use as a standard in evaluating themselves and their own behavior.






4. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.






5. The ways in which people respond to one another.






6. A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social - economic - and political interests.






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






8. A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards.






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






10. 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.






11. A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority.






12. Subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher.






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






14. The use or threat of violence against random or symbolic targets in pursuit of political aims.






15. A social structure that derives its existence from the social interactions through which people define and redefine its character.






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






17. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.






18. A densely populated area containing two or more cities and their surrounding suburbs.






19. A person who pursues crime as a day-to-day occupation - developing skilled techniques and enjoying a certain degree of status among other criminals.






20. 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.






21. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.






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






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






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






25. A society in which men dominate family decision making.






26. A set of expectations of people who occupy a given social position or status.






27. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






29. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






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






31. 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.






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






33. According to






34. The condition of being estranged or disassociated from the surrounding society.






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






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






37. An explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept.






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






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.






40. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






41. The number of deaths per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude death rate.






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






43. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






44. The variable in a causal relationship that - when altered - causes or influences a change in a second variable.






45. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to the child's awareness of the attitudes - viewpoints - and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account in his or her behavior.






46. An authority pattern in which the adult members of the family are regarded as equals.






47. Cultural adjustments to material conditions - such as customs - beliefs - patterns of communication - and ways of using material objects.






48. A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions.






49. The act of physically separating two groups; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group.






50. A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.