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CLEP Sociology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






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






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






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






5. The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.






6. A religious group that is the outgrowth of a sect - yet remains isolated from society.






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






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






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






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






11. The state of a population with a growth rate of zero - achieved when the number of births plus immigrants is equal to the number of deaths plus emigrants.






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






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






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






15. 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.






16. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.






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






18. A printed research instrument employed to obtain desired information from a respondent.






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






20. The process of mentally assuming the perspective of another - thereby enabling one to respond from that imagined viewpoint.






21. The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.






22. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.






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






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






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






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






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






28. A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.






29. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.






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






31. The act of physically separating two groups; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group.






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






33. A neighborbood that residents identify through defined community borders and through a perception that adjacent areas are geographically separate and socially different.






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






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






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






37. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.






38. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.






39. The feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality - such as a divine being - or of being overcome with religious emotion.






40. 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.






41. A three-member group.






42. A generally small - secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.






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






44. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.






45. 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.






46. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.






47. Numerous ways that people with access to the Internet can do business from their computers.






48. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






49. 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.






50. Norms governing everyday social behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.