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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. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.






2. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.






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






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






5. A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.






6. The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.






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






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






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






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






11. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






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






13. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.






14. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






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






16. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.






17. The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.






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






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






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






21. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.






22. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






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






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






25. 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.






26. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






27. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.






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






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






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






31. A special type of bar chart that shows the distribution of the population by gender and age.






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






33. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.






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






35. A city in which global finance and the electronic flow of information dominate the economy.






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






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






38. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to those individuals who are most important in the development of the self - such as parents - friends - and teachers.






39. 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.






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






41. A three-member group.






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






43. 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.






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






45. An area of study that focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment.






46. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






47. A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory - are relatively independent of people outside it - and participate in a common culture.






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






49. 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.






50. A formal - impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding.