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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Social control carried out by authorized agents - such as police officers - judges - school administrators - and employers.






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






3. The scientific study of population.






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






5. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






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






7. The gestures - objects - and language that form the basis of human communication.






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






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






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






11. A two-member group.






12. A religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion.






13. The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society.






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






15. The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.






16. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.






17. Pride in the extended family - expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk.






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






19. A form of polygamy in which a husband can have several wives at the same time.






20. The relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence - with one event leading to the other.






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






22. Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe - respect - and even fear.






23. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






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






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






26. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.






27. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






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






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






31. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






32. Governmental social control.






33. 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.






34. A sociological approach that generalizes about fundamental or everyday forms of social interaction.






35. A systematic - organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem.






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






37. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






38. Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs - promotions - and educational opportunities.






39. 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.






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






41. 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.






42. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.






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






44. 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.






45. Collective conceptions of what is considered good - desirable - and proper--or bad - undesirable - and improper--in a culture.






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






47. The conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.






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






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






50. 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.