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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






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






3. A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority - such as prisons - the military - mental hospitals - and convents.






4. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






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






6. The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.






7. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.






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






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






10. Social control carried out by people casually through such means as laughter - smiles - and ridicule.






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






12. Another name for labeling theory.






13. A sense of virility - personal worth - and pride in one's maleness.






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






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






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






17. A selection from a larger population that is statistically representative of that population.






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






19. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill.






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






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






22. The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons.






23. A two-member group.






24. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.






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






26. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.






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






28. A term used by Max Weber to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.






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






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






31. A hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought.






32. An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender - race - or ethnicity.






33. In a legal sense - a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights - responsibilities - and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents.






34. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.






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






36. 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.






37. The process by which a relatively small number of people control what material eventually reaches the audience.






38. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






39. Difficulties that occur when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.






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






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






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






43. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by law.






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






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






46. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe communities - often urban - that are large and impersonal with little commitment to the group or consensus on values.






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






48. The process of mentally assuming the perspective of another - thereby enabling one to respond from that imagined viewpoint.






49. The unintended influence that observers or experiments can have on their subjects.






50. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.