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CLEP Sociology

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






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






3. A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory - are relatively independent of people outside it - and participate in a common culture.






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






5. A theory of urban growth that views growth as emerging from many centers of development - each of which may reflect a particular urban need or activity.






6. Collective conceptions of what is considered good - desirable - and proper--or bad - undesirable - and improper--in a culture.






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world.






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






13. Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.






14. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.






15. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.






16. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.






17. 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.






18. The study of various aspects of human society.






19. 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.






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






21. Information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.






22. 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.






23. Ogburn's term for a period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions.






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






25. Long-term poor people who lack training and skills.






26. A three-member group.






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






28. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






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






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






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






32. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






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






34. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.






35. A sociological approach that emphasizes inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization.






36. 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.






37. Rituals marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another.






38. 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.






39. Two unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in a relationship of mutual caring - who reside together - and who agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents - basic living expenses - and other common necessities.






40. Veblen's term for those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo.






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






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






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






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






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






46. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






47. An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender - race - or ethnicity.






48. Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.






49. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.






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







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