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CLEP Sociology

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






2. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






3. A city with only a few thousand people living within its borders and characterized by a relatively closed class system and limited mobility.






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






5. The social institution through which goods and services are produced - distributed - and consumed.






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






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






8. A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism.






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






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






11. A sense of virility - personal worth - and pride in one's maleness.






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






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






14. Questionnaires or interviews used to determine whether people have been victims of crime.






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






16. A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society.






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






18. The German word for 'understanding' or 'insight'; used by Max Weber to stress the need for sociologists to take into account people's emotions - thoughts - beliefs - and attitudes.






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






20. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.






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






22. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.






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






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






25. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.






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






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






28. A principle of organizational life - originated by Laurence J. Peter - according to which each individual within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.






29. 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.






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






31. An area of study concerned with the interrelationships between people and their spatial setting and physical environment.






32. 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.






33. An aspect of the socialization process within total institutions - in which people are subjected to humiliating rituals.






34. The gestures - objects - and language that form the basis of human communication.






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






36. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






37. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






38. A large - organized religion not officially linked with the state or government.






39. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by law.






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






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






42. 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.






43. Social control carried out by people casually through such means as laughter - smiles - and ridicule.






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






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






46. Behavior that occurs when work benefits are made contingent on sexual favors (as a 'quid pro quo') or when touching - lewd comments - or appearance of pornographic material creates a 'hostile environment' in the workplace.






47. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






48. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






49. General practices found in every culture.






50. Information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.