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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A term used by Bowles and Gintis to refer to the tendency of schools to promote the values expected of individuals in each social class and to prepare students for the types of jobs typically held by members of their class.






2. A functionalist approach that proposes that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in peripheral nations.






3. A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism.






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






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






6. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






7. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.






8. The number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1 -000 live births in a given year.






9. The state of being related to others.






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






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






12. According to the Census Bureau - any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.






13. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






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






15. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






16. A term used to describe the change from high birthrates and death rates to relatively low birthrates and death rates.






17. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.






18. The process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.






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






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






21. The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.






22. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill.






23. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






24. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.






25. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






26. A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority - such as prisons - the military - mental hospitals - and convents.






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Norms that generally are understood but are not precisely recorded.






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






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






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






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






38. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.






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






40. The ordinary and commonplace elements of life - as distinguished from the sacred.






41. A spatial or political unit of social organization that gives people a sense of belonging - based either on shared residence in a particular place or on a common identity.






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






43. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






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






45. The study of various aspects of human society.






46. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






47. A term used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired - but illegal - goods and services.






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






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






50. The average number of children born alive to a woman - assuming that she conforms to current fertility rates.