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CLEP Sociology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.






2. An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender - race - or ethnicity.






3. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






11. A theory of urban growth that views growth as emerging from many centers of development - each of which may reflect a particular urban need or activity.






12. 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.






13. A group that - despite past prejudice and discrimination - succeeds economically - socially - and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites.






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






15. Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs - promotions - and educational opportunities.






16. Going along with one's peers - individuals of a person's own status - who have no special right to direct that person's behavior.






17. A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the 1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.






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






19. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






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






21. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.






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






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






24. Use of a church - primarily Roman Catholicism - in a political effort to eliminate poverty - discrimination - and other forms of injustice evident in a secular society.






25. Cultural adjustments to material conditions - such as customs - beliefs - patterns of communication - and ways of using material objects.






26. The collection and distribution of information concerning events in the social environment.






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






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






29. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.






30. An approach to the study of formal organizations that views workers as being motivated almost entirely by economic rewards.






31. An artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables.






32. In Karl Marx's view - a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change.






33. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.






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






35. A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.






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






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






38. A set of people related by blood - marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship) - or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.






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






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






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






42. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.






43. A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social - economic - and political interests.






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






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






46. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.






47. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.






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






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






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