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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






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






3. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.






4. A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions.






5. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






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






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






8. A temporary or permanent alliance geared toward a common goal.






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






10. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






11. 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.






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






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






14. Salaries and wages.






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






16. A social structure that derives its existence from the social interactions through which people define and redefine its character.






17. A systematic - organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem.






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






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






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






21. A sense of virility - personal worth - and pride in one's maleness.






22. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.






23. A relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.






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






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






26. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






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






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






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






30. Any group that individuals use as a standard in evaluating themselves and their own behavior.






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






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






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






34. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.






35. The sending of messages through the use of posture - facial expressions - and gestures.






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






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






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






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






40. A measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions.






41. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






42. The process by which a group - organization - or social movement becomes increasingly bureaucratic.






43. A two-member group.






44. Any group or category to which people feel they belong.






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






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






47. The condition of being estranged or disassociated from the surrounding society.






48. Two unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in a relationship of mutual caring - who reside together - and who agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents - basic living expenses - and other common necessities.






49. A term coined by Robert N. Butler to refer to prejudice and discrimination against the elderly.






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