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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Due to the stereotyping - this term has been abandoned by sociologists in favor of new religious movements.






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






3. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






4. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






5. The double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equitably.






6. An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaging in the same behavior are not.






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






8. A relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.






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






10. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill.






11. Ogburn's term for a period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions.






12. Social control carried out by authorized agents - such as police officers - judges - school administrators - and employers.






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






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






15. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.






16. Use of a church - primarily Roman Catholicism - in a political effort to eliminate poverty - discrimination - and other forms of injustice evident in a secular society.






17. According to the Census Bureau - any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.






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






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






20. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






21. 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.






22. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






23. A social structure that derives its existence from the social interactions through which people define and redefine its character.






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. A negative attitude toward an entire category of people - such as a racial or ethnic minority.






26. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.






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






28. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.






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






30. The requirement that people select mates outside certain groups.






31. The study of an entire social setting through extended systematic observation.






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






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






34. The most technologically advanced form of preindustrial society. Members are primarily engaged in the production of food but increase their crop yield through such innovations as the plow.






35. 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.






36. Mmanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.






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






38. 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.






39. A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.






40. The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.






41. Organized collective activities that promote autonomy and self-determination as well as improvements in the quality of life.






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






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






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






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






46. The incidence of death in a given population.






47. A densely populated area containing two or more cities and their surrounding suburbs.






48. A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions.






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






50. Failures that are inevitable - given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized.