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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Any group or category to which people feel they belong.






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






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






4. Sociological investigation that concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.






5. The deliberate - systematic killing of an entire people or nation.






6. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






7. Due to the stereotyping - this term has been abandoned by sociologists in favor of new religious movements.






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






9. A face-to-face or telephone questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information.






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






11. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.






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






13. The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society.






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






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






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






17. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.






18. 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.






19. A negative attitude toward an entire category of people - such as a racial or ethnic minority.






20. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






21. An interactionist perspective that states that interracial contact between people of equal status in cooperative circumstances will reduce prejudice.






22. A formal - impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding.






23. Norms that generally are understood but are not precisely recorded.






24. The number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1 -000 live births in a given year.






25. A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fiber are readily available in order to live.






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






27. Difficulties that result from the differing demands and expectations associated with the same social position.






28. A city with only a few thousand people living within its borders and characterized by a relatively closed class system and limited mobility.






29. 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.






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






31. Behavior that occurs when work benefits are made contingent on sexual favors (as a 'quid pro quo') or when touching - lewd comments - or appearance of pornographic material creates a 'hostile environment' in the workplace.






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






33. Mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one another's cultures - which allows minorities to express their own cultures without experiencing prejudice.






34. Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.






35. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






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






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






38. 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.






39. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






40. The belief that the products - styles - or ideas of one's society are inferior to those that originate elsewhere.






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






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






43. Subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher.






44. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.






45. The study of the distribution of disease - impairment - and general health status across a population.






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






47. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






48. Max Weber's term for the disciplined work ethic - this-worldly concerns - and rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers.






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






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