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CLEP Sociology

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






2. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






3. Distinctive patterns of social behavior evident among city residents.






4. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.






5. 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.






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






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






8. Expectations regarding the proper behavior - attitudes - and activities of males and females.






9. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






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






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






12. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






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






14. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.






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






16. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






17. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






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






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






20. Movement of individuals or groups from one position of a society's stratification system to another.






21. A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society - whatever their lifestyles - are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole.






22. 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.






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






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






25. The practice of living together as a male-female couple without marrying.






26. The process by which a group - organization - or social movement becomes increasingly bureaucratic.






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






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






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






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






31. The ability to exercise one's will over others.






32. In a legal sense - a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights - responsibilities - and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents.






33. An interactionist perspective that states that interracial contact between people of equal status in cooperative circumstances will reduce prejudice.






34. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.






35. Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture - including norms and values.






36. Max Weber's term for the disciplined work ethic - this-worldly concerns - and rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers.






37. 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.






38. A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fiber are readily available in order to live.






39. The collection and distribution of information concerning events in the social environment.






40. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.






41. A term coined by Robert N. Butler to refer to prejudice and discrimination against the elderly.






42. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






43. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.






44. 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.






45. The average number of years a person can be expected to live under current mortality conditions.






46. Reductions taken in a company's workforce as part of deindustrialization.






47. 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.






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






49. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






50. 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.