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CLEP Sociology

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






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






3. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






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






5. A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth - prestige - or power.






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






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






8. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.






9. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






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






11. 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.






12. The feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality - such as a divine being - or of being overcome with religious emotion.






13. Research that collects and reports data primarily in numerical form.






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






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






16. A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs.






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






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






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






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






21. Changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life.






22. A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle - independent of their class positions.






23. A relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.






24. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






25. Reductions taken in a company's workforce as part of deindustrialization.






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






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






28. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.






29. A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important.






30. The incidence of death in a given population.






31. 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.






32. The gestures - objects - and language that form the basis of human communication.






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






34. 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.






35. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






36. A two-member group.






37. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






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






39. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.






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






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






42. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






43. General practices found in every culture.






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






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






46. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






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






48. A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society - whatever their lifestyles - are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole.






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






50. An artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables.