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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Questionnaires or interviews used to determine whether people have been victims of crime.






2. The gestures - objects - and language that form the basis of human communication.






3. 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.






4. The number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time.






5. Jean Piaget's theory explaining how children's thought progresses through four stages.






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






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






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






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






10. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.






11. Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture - including norms and values.






12. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the altering of the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.






13. The totality of learned - socially transmitted behavior.






14. 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.






15. A structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society.






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






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






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






19. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.






20. A term used by Max Weber to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.






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






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






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






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






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






26. The state of a population with a growth rate of zero - achieved when the number of births plus immigrants is equal to the number of deaths plus emigrants.






27. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






28. The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.






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






30. 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.






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






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






33. A social structure that derives its existence from the social interactions through which people define and redefine its character.






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






35. The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.






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






37. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.






38. A form of polygamy in which a woman can have several husbands at the same time.






39. The ability to exercise one's will over others.






40. An explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept.






41. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.






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. The scientific study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged.






44. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.






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






46. Norms governing everyday social behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.






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






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






49. The process of mentally assuming the perspective of another - thereby enabling one to respond from that imagined viewpoint.






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