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CLEP Sociology

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






2. Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






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






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






10. A term used to describe the change from high birthrates and death rates to relatively low birthrates and death rates.






11. In Harold D. Lasswell's words - 'who gets what - when - and how.'






12. A theory of social change that holds that society is moving in a definite direction.






13. Ogburn's term for a period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions.






14. A city characterized by relatively large size - open competition - an open class system - and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods.






15. 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.






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






17. A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle - independent of their class positions.






18. Max Weber's term for the disciplined work ethic - this-worldly concerns - and rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers.






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






20. The study of an entire social setting through extended systematic observation.






21. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.






22. An explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept.






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






24. The degree to which a scale or measure truly reflects the phenomenon under study.






25. Distinctive patterns of social behavior evident among city residents.






26. Veblen's term for those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo.






27. Salaries and wages.






28. A selection from a larger population that is statistically representative of that population.






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






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






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






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






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






35. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






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






37. The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.






38. The process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.






39. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.






40. A religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion.






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






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






43. The number of live births per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude birthrate.






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






45. The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.






46. Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class - comprising the owners of the means of production.






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






48. The state of being related to others.






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






50. Pride in the extended family - expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk.