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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.






2. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.






3. A theory of urban growth that views growth as emerging from many centers of development - each of which may reflect a particular urban need or activity.






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






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






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






7. A three-member group.






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






9. 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.






10. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to concern for maintenance of harmony and the internal emotional affairs of the family.






11. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






12. The incidence of death in a given population.






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






14. The body of knowledge obtained by methods based upon systematic observation.






15. The process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.






16. The double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equitably.






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






18. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.






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






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






21. The degree to which a scale or measure truly reflects the phenomenon under study.






22. The ways in which people respond to one another.






23. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






24. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






25. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.






26. A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle - independent of their class positions.






27. A religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion.






28. A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions.






29. A theory developed by Robert Merton that explains deviance as an adaptation either of socially prescribed goals or of the norms governing their attainment - or both.






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






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






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






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






34. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to those individuals who are most important in the development of the self - such as parents - friends - and teachers.






35. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






36. A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.






37. A special type of bar chart that shows the distribution of the population by gender and age.






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






39. Control of a market by a single business firm.






40. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.






41. As defined by the World Health Organization - a state of complete physical - mental - and social well-being - and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.






42. A functionalist theory of aging introduced by Cumming and Henry that contends that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships.






43. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






44. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.






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






46. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






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






48. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.






49. Governmental social control.






50. The process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant have come to dominate certain sectors of society - both in the United States and throughout the world.