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CLEP Sociology

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






2. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






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






4. Another name for labeling theory.






5. Latino folk medicine using holistic health care and healing.






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






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






8. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.






9. The variable in a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable.






10. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






11. The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others.






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






13. The study of the distribution of disease - impairment - and general health status across a population.






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






15. A sociological approach that emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.






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






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






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






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






20. The ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money - political influence - access to the media - and personnel.






21. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






22. Mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one another's cultures - which allows minorities to express their own cultures without experiencing prejudice.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class - comprising the owners of the means of production.






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






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






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






33. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






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






35. Preindustrial societies in which people plant seeds and crops rather than subsist merely on available foods.






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






39. The state of being related to others.






40. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






41. The process of introducing new elements into a culture through either discovery or invention.






42. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






43. 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.






44. The scientific study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged.






45. The unintended influence that observers or experiments can have on their subjects.






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






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






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






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






50. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.