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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.






2. An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field.






3. A two-member group.






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






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






6. 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.






7. A legal strategy based on claims that racial minorities are subjected disproportionately to environmental hazards.






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






9. Organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society.






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






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






12. Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.






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






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






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






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






17. The state of being related to others.






18. An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaging in the same behavior are not.






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






20. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






21. Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs - promotions - and educational opportunities.






22. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






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






24. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






25. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






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






27. The impact that a teacher's expectations about a student's performance may have on the student's actual achievements.






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






29. Subjects in an experiment who are exposed to an independent variable introduced by a researcher.






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






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






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






33. Transfers of money - goods - or services that are not reported to the government.






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






35. The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.






36. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






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






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






39. Organized workers who share either the same skill or the same employer.






40. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.






41. The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.






42. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






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






45. An area of study that focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment.






46. The scientific study of population.






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






48. A functionalist approach that proposes that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in peripheral nations.






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






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