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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






2. The incidence of death in a given population.






3. 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.






4. A term used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired - but illegal - goods and services.






5. 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.






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






7. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






8. The impact that a teacher's expectations about a student's performance may have on the student's actual achievements.






9. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.






10. Unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not recognize individual differences within the group.






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






12. A relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.






13. Difficulties that occur when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.






14. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






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






16. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field.






22. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.






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






24. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.






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






26. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.






27. Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.






28. Hereditary systems of rank - usually religiously dictated - that tend to be fixed and immobile.






29. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.






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






31. 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.






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






33. The feeling of surprise and disorientation that is experienced when people witness cultural practices different from their own.






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. 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.






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






45. 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.






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






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






48. A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important.






49. 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.






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