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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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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. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.






2. Organized collective activities that promote autonomy and self-determination as well as improvements in the quality of life.






3. Movement of individuals or groups from one position of a society's stratification system to another.






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






5. A special type of bar chart that shows the distribution of the population by gender and age.






6. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.






7. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






8. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the efforts of people to maintain the proper image and avoid embarrassment in public.






9. Another name for labeling theory.






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






11. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.






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






13. A group or category to which people feel they do not belong.






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






15. The use or threat of violence against random or symbolic targets in pursuit of political aims.






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






17. Social control carried out by authorized agents - such as police officers - judges - school administrators - and employers.






18. A densely populated area containing two or more cities and their surrounding suburbs.






19. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






20. A sociological approach that generalizes about fundamental or everyday forms of social interaction.






21. The variable in a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable.






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






23. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.






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






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






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






27. General practices found in every culture.






28. Print and electronic instruments of communication that carry messages to often widespread audiences.






29. An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain.






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. The state of being related to others.






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. A term used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired - but illegal - goods and services.






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






44. An approach to deviance that emphasizes the role of culture in the creation of the deviant identity.






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






46. A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.






47. A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.






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






49. The ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money - political influence - access to the media - and personnel.






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