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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill.






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






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






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






5. A set of people related by blood - marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship) - or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.






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






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






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






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






10. The scientific study of population.






11. A term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect its objective position.






12. 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.






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






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






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






16. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.






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






18. A society whose economic system is primarily engaged in the processing and control of information.






19. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






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






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






22. A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.






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






24. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






25. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.






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






27. 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.






28. Any group that individuals use as a standard in evaluating themselves and their own behavior.






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






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






31. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.






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






33. A speculative statement about the relationship between two or more variables.






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






35. An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender - race - or ethnicity.






36. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.






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






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40. 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.






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






42. A group that is set apart from others because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns.






43. 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.






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






45. Movement of individuals or groups from one position of a society's stratification system to another.






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






47. The requirement that people select mates outside certain groups.






48. Subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher.






49. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.






50. 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.