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CLEP Sociology

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1. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






2. A term used by C. Wright Mills for a small group of military - industrial - and government leaders who control the fate of the United States.






3. A variety of research techniques that make use of publicly accessible information and data.






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






5. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






9. The state of being related to others.






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






11. Jean Piaget's theory explaining how children's thought progresses through four stages.






12. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






13. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.






14. The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.






15. 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.






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






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






18. An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain.






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






20. 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.






21. A group that is set apart from others because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns.






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






23. The average number of children born alive to a woman - assuming that she conforms to current fertility rates.






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






25. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.






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






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






28. The study of the distribution of disease - impairment - and general health status across a population.






29. The body of knowledge obtained by methods based upon systematic observation.






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






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






32. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.






33. Another name for labeling theory.






34. 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.






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






36. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






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






38. Organized workers who share either the same skill or the same employer.






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. The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.






41. The ways in which people respond to one another.






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






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






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






45. Crimes committed by affluent individuals or corporations in the course of their daily business activities.






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






47. A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency.






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






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






50. Rituals marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another.






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