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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.






2. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






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






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






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






6. The study of various aspects of human society.






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






8. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to those individuals who are most important in the development of the self - such as parents - friends - and teachers.






9. As defined by the World Health Organization - a state of complete physical - mental - and social well-being - and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.






10. 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.






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






12. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.






13. Subjects in an experiment who are exposed to an independent variable introduced by a researcher.






14. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill.






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






29. A view of social interaction - popularized by Erving Goffman - under which people are examined as if they were theatrical performers.






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






31. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






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






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






34. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






35. The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.






36. The state of being related to others.






37. Rituals marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another.






38. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






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






40. The German word for 'understanding' or 'insight'; used by Max Weber to stress the need for sociologists to take into account people's emotions - thoughts - beliefs - and attitudes.






41. Salaries and wages.






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






43. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






44. The feeling of surprise and disorientation that is experienced when people witness cultural practices different from their own.






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






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






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






48. Information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.






49. The impact that a teacher's expectations about a student's performance may have on the student's actual achievements.






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