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CLEP Sociology

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






3. The scientific study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged.






4. A form of marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives simultaneously.






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






6. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






7. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.






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






9. The incidence of death in a given population.






10. A sociological approach that emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.






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






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






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






14. Rebellious craft workers in nineteenth-century England who destroyed new factory machinery as part of their resistance to the industrial revolution.






15. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.






16. The average number of children born alive to a woman - assuming that she conforms to current fertility rates.






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






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






19. Employees who work fulltime or part-time at home rather than in an outside office and who are linked to their supervisors and colleagues through computer terminals - phone lines - and fax machines.






20. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






21. The social institution that relies on a recognized set of procedures for implementing and achieving the goals of a group.






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






23. 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.






24. The study of various aspects of human society.






25. The most technologically advanced form of preindustrial society. Members are primarily engaged in the production of food but increase their crop yield through such innovations as the plow.






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






27. The ability to exercise one's will over others.






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






29. Veblen's term for those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo.






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






31. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.






32. An area of study concerned with the interrelationships between people and their spatial setting and physical environment.






33. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.






34. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






35. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






36. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






37. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to concern for maintenance of harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family.






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.






43. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






44. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.






45. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






46. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






47. The work of a group that regulates relations between various criminal enterprises involved in the smuggling and sale of drugs - prostitution - gambling - and other activities.






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






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






50. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.