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CLEP Sociology

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1. A term used by Max Weber to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.






2. 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.






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






4. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






5. Long term trend in human societies that results from the interplay of innovation - continuity - and selection.






6. A form of marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives simultaneously.






7. Reductions taken in a company's workforce as part of deindustrialization.






8. A religious group that is the outgrowth of a sect - yet remains isolated from society.






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






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






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






12. The process of mentally assuming the perspective of another - thereby enabling one to respond from that imagined viewpoint.






13. A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority - such as prisons - the military - mental hospitals - and convents.






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






15. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.






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






17. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






18. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






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






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






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






27. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






28. A generally small - secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.






29. A two-member group.






30. The process by which a majority group and a minority group combine through intermarriage to form a new group.






31. The systematic - widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants.






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






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






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






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. Numerous ways that people with access to the Internet can do business from their computers.






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






41. Transfers of money - goods - or services that are not reported to the government.






42. The number of deaths per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude death rate.






43. The maintenance of political - social - economic - and cultural dominance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period of time.






44. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the altering of the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.






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






46. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.






47. A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's norms.






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






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






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






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