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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process by which a relatively small number of people control what material eventually reaches the audience.






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






3. Norms governing everyday social behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.






4. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






8. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the efforts of people to maintain the proper image and avoid embarrassment in public.






9. A term used by C. Wright Mills for a small group of military - industrial - and government leaders who control the fate of the United States.






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






11. The process through which religion's influence on other social institutions diminishes.






12. 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.






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






14. Salaries and wages.






15. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






16. Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.






17. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






18. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






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






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






21. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






22. Organized workers who share either the same skill or the same employer.






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






24. Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture.






25. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.






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






27. Long-term poor people who lack training and skills.






28. The process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.






29. 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.






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






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






32. A set of expectations of people who occupy a given social position or status.






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






34. The study of various aspects of human society.






35. Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe - respect - and even fear.






36. The process whereby people learn the attitudes - values - and actions appropriate for individuals as members of a particular culture.






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






38. The work of a group that regulates relations between various criminal enterprises involved in the smuggling and sale of drugs - prostitution - gambling - and other activities.






39. Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture - including norms and values.






40. The ability to exercise one's will over others.






41. Control of a market by a single business firm.






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






43. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.






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






45. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






46. 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.






47. The number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1 -000 live births in a given year.






48. A functionalist theory of aging introduced by Cumming and Henry that contends that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships.






49. A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fiber are readily available in order to live.






50. A form of polygamy in which a woman can have several husbands at the same time.