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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. An authority pattern in which the adult members of the family are regarded as equals.






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






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






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






5. The process of introducing new elements into a culture through either discovery or invention.






6. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the altering of the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






13. 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.






14. The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.






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






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






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






18. A system of enforced servitude in which people are legally owned by others and in which enslaved status is transferred from parents to children.






19. A city in which global finance and the electronic flow of information dominate the economy.






20. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






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






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






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






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






26. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Long-term poor people who lack training and skills.






42. Latino folk medicine using holistic health care and healing.






43. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






44. A theory of social change that holds that all societies pass through the same successive stages of evolution and inevitably reach the same end.






45. Organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society.






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






47. The number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time.






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






49. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to the child's awareness of the attitudes - viewpoints - and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account in his or her behavior.






50. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.