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CLEP Sociology

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






2. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.






3. The social institution through which goods and services are produced - distributed - and consumed.






4. A temporary or permanent alliance geared toward a common goal.






5. A measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions.






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






7. A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs.






8. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






9. The process of disengagement from a role that is central to one's selfidentity and reestablishment of an identity in a new role.






10. A city with only a few thousand people living within its borders and characterized by a relatively closed class system and limited mobility.






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






12. A theory developed by Robert Merton that explains deviance as an adaptation either of socially prescribed goals or of the norms governing their attainment - or both.






13. The state of being related to others.






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






15. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






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






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






18. Organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society.






19. A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society.






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






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






22. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.






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






24. An approach to the study of formal organizations that emphasizes the role of people - communication - and participation within a bureaucracy and tends to focus on the informal structure of the organization.






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






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






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






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






29. A theory of urban growth that sees growth in terms of a series of rings radiating from the central business district.






30. The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons.






31. The number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time.






32. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






33. 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.






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






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






36. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.






37. 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.






38. Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.






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






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. A view of society in which many competing groups within the community have access to governmental officials so that no single group is dominant.






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






47. The work of a group that regulates relations between various criminal enterprises involved in the smuggling and sale of drugs - prostitution - gambling - and other activities.






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






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






50. A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the 1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.







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