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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons.






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






3. Sociological investigation that concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.






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






5. Subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher.






6. The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.






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






8. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






9. Hereditary systems of rank - usually religiously dictated - that tend to be fixed and immobile.






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






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






12. The maintenance of political - social - economic - and cultural dominance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period of time.






13. 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.






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






15. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.






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






17. A city in which global finance and the electronic flow of information dominate the economy.






18. 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.






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






20. A form of polygamy in which a woman can have several husbands at the same time.






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






22. Changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life.






23. Transfers of money - goods - or services that are not reported to the government.






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






25. A negative attitude toward an entire category of people - such as a racial or ethnic minority.






26. An approach to deviance that emphasizes the role of culture in the creation of the deviant identity.






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






28. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.






29. 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.






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






31. The degree to which a scale or measure truly reflects the phenomenon under study.






32. A city characterized by relatively large size - open competition - an open class system - and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods.






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






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






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. An area of study concerned with the interrelationships between people and their spatial setting and physical environment.






40. 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.






41. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.






42. Any group or category to which people feel they belong.






43. 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.






44. Any number of people with similar norms - values - and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis.






45. A face-to-face or telephone questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information.






46. Difficulties that result from the differing demands and expectations associated with the same social position.






47. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.






48. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






49. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






50. 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.