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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept.






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






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






4. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.






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






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






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






8. The scientific study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged.






9. An enumeration - or counting - of a population.






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






11. A term used by Bowles and Gintis to refer to the tendency of schools to promote the values expected of individuals in each social class and to prepare students for the types of jobs typically held by members of their class.






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






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






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






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






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






17. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.






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






19. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






20. The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.






21. 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.






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






23. Subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher.






24. Changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life.






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






26. The process by which a majority group and a minority group combine through intermarriage to form a new group.






27. 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.






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






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






30. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






31. According to






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






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






34. The exercise of power through a process of persuasion.






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






36. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the mother.






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






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






39. The scientific study of population.






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






41. The number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time.






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






43. A temporary or permanent alliance geared toward a common goal.






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






45. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






46. Salaries and wages.






47. Another name for labeling theory.






48. A theory of urban growth that sees growth in terms of a series of rings radiating from the central business district.






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






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