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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






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






3. 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.






4. Hereditary systems of rank - usually religiously dictated - that tend to be fixed and immobile.






5. Another name for labeling theory.






6. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the efforts of people to maintain the proper image and avoid embarrassment in public.






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






8. A society in which men dominate family decision making.






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






10. A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.






11. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






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






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






14. 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.






15. A person who pursues crime as a day-to-day occupation - developing skilled techniques and enjoying a certain degree of status among other criminals.






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






17. Talcott Parsons's functionalist view of society as tending toward a state of stability or balance.






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






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






20. A religious group that is the outgrowth of a sect - yet remains isolated from society.






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






22. The state of being related to others.






23. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






24. A generally small - secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.






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






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






27. Use of a church - primarily Roman Catholicism - in a political effort to eliminate poverty - discrimination - and other forms of injustice evident in a secular society.






28. An authority pattern in which the adult members of the family are regarded as equals.






29. A systematic - organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem.






30. The process by which a majority group and a minority group combine through intermarriage to form a new group.






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






32. A neighborbood that residents identify through defined community borders and through a perception that adjacent areas are geographically separate and socially different.






33. A system of enforced servitude in which people are legally owned by others and in which enslaved status is transferred from parents to children.






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






35. Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.






36. The number of deaths per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude death rate.






37. The maintenance of political - social - economic - and cultural dominance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period of time.






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






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






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






41. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






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






43. The process through which religion's influence on other social institutions diminishes.






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






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






46. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.






47. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






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






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






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