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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






2. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






3. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






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






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






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






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






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






9. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






10. A principle of organizational life developed by Robert Michels under which even democratic organizations will become bureaucracies ruled by a few individuals.






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.






18. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe communities - often urban - that are large and impersonal with little commitment to the group or consensus on values.






19. The ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money - political influence - access to the media - and personnel.






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






21. The study of various aspects of human society.






22. A theory developed by Robert Merton that explains deviance as an adaptation either of socially prescribed goals or of the norms governing their attainment - or both.






23. General practices found in every culture.






24. A sample for which every member of the entire population has the same chance of being selected.






25. A hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought.






26. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






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






28. Expectations regarding the proper behavior - attitudes - and activities of males and females.






29. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.






30. Failures that are inevitable - given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized.






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






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






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






34. The phenomenon whereby the media provide such massive amounts of information that the audience becomes numb and generally fails to act on the information - regardless of how compelling the issue.






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






40. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to concern for maintenance of harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family.






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






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






43. In a legal sense - a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights - responsibilities - and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents.






44. A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.






45. 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.






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






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






48. The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.






49. Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world.






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