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CLEP Sociology

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






2. An approach to the study of formal organizations that emphasizes the role of people - communication - and participation within a bureaucracy and tends to focus on the informal structure of the organization.






3. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.






4. Any number of people with similar norms - values - and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis.






5. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.






6. The German word for 'understanding' or 'insight'; used by Max Weber to stress the need for sociologists to take into account people's emotions - thoughts - beliefs - and attitudes.






7. A theory of social change that holds that all societies pass through the same successive stages of evolution and inevitably reach the same end.






8. A theory of urban growth that sees growth in terms of a series of rings radiating from the central business district.






9. Salaries and wages.






10. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






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






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






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






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






15. The conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.






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






17. Failures that are inevitable - given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized.






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






19. Organized collective activities that promote autonomy and self-determination as well as improvements in the quality of life.






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






21. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.






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






23. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.






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






25. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.






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






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






28. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.






29. Long-term poor people who lack training and skills.






30. According to






31. General practices found in every culture.






32. 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.






33. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.






34. The study of various aspects of human society.






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






36. A densely populated area containing two or more cities and their surrounding suburbs.






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






38. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






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






40. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.






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






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






50. The process whereby people learn the attitudes - values - and actions appropriate for individuals as members of a particular culture.







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