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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






2. An aspect of the socialization process within total institutions - in which people are subjected to humiliating rituals.






3. Subjects in an experiment who are exposed to an independent variable introduced by a researcher.






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






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






6. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






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






17. 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.






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






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






20. A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth - prestige - or power.






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






22. An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field.






23. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.






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






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






26. A selection from a larger population that is statistically representative of that population.






27. Social control carried out by authorized agents - such as police officers - judges - school administrators - and employers.






28. The process through which religion's influence on other social institutions diminishes.






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






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






31. The most technologically advanced form of preindustrial society. Members are primarily engaged in the production of food but increase their crop yield through such innovations as the plow.






32. Use of a church - primarily Roman Catholicism - in a political effort to eliminate poverty - discrimination - and other forms of injustice evident in a secular society.






33. 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.






34. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






35. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






36. A variety of research techniques that make use of publicly accessible information and data.






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






38. 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.






39. Organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society.






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






41. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






42. A theory of social change that holds that all societies pass through the same successive stages of evolution and inevitably reach the same end.






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






44. The deliberate - systematic killing of an entire people or nation.






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






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






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






48. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






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






50. 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.