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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Difficulties that result from the differing demands and expectations associated with the same social position.






2. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to those individuals who are most important in the development of the self - such as parents - friends - and teachers.






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






4. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






5. A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important.






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






7. Another name for labeling theory.






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






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






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






11. The impact that a teacher's expectations about a student's performance may have on the student's actual achievements.






12. 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.






13. A relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.






22. The extent to which a measure provides consistent results.






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






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






25. The double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equitably.






26. The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.






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






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






29. A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.






30. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






31. The state of being related to others.






32. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.






33. Employees who work fulltime or part-time at home rather than in an outside office and who are linked to their supervisors and colleagues through computer terminals - phone lines - and fax machines.






34. A hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought.






35. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.






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






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






38. A sample for which every member of the entire population has the same chance of being selected.






39. A three-member group.






40. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






41. A form of marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives simultaneously.






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






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






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






45. Long term trend in human societies that results from the interplay of innovation - continuity - and selection.






46. The average number of years a person can be expected to live under current mortality conditions.






47. A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society - whatever their lifestyles - are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole.






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






49. Salaries and wages.






50. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.