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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An area of study that focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment.






2. A relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.






3. 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.






4. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






5. A view of society in which many competing groups within the community have access to governmental officials so that no single group is dominant.






6. A view of society as ruled by a small group of individuals who share a common set of political and economic interests.






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






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






9. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






10. An enumeration - or counting - of a population.






11. Collective conceptions of what is considered good - desirable - and proper--or bad - undesirable - and improper--in a culture.






12. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.






13. The extent to which a measure provides consistent results.






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






15. The act of physically separating two groups; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group.






16. 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.






17. The ordinary and commonplace elements of life - as distinguished from the sacred.






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






19. A speculative statement about the relationship between two or more variables.






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






21. Families in which there is only one parent present to care for children.






22. A principle of organizational life developed by Robert Michels under which even democratic organizations will become bureaucracies ruled by a few individuals.






23. The totality of learned - socially transmitted behavior.






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






25. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






26. The process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.






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






28. The study of various aspects of human society.






29. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






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






31. Print and electronic instruments of communication that carry messages to often widespread audiences.






32. 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.






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






34. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






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






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






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






38. 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.






39. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






40. 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.






41. Distinctive patterns of social behavior evident among city residents.






42. According to the Census Bureau - any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.






43. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.






44. 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.






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






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






47. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.






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






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






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