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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A functionalist approach that proposes that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in peripheral nations.






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






3. Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class - comprising the owners of the means of production.






4. A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the 1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.






5. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.






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






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






8. A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency.






9. 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.






10. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the efforts of people to maintain the proper image and avoid embarrassment in public.






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






12. 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.






13. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






14. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.






15. The systematic - widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants.






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






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






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






19. A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.






20. The process by which a majority group and a minority group combine through intermarriage to form a new group.






21. Rituals marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another.






22. A sociological approach that emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.






23. The sending of messages through the use of posture - facial expressions - and gestures.






24. A sample for which every member of the entire population has the same chance of being selected.






25. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.






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






27. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






28. The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.






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






30. Any group or category to which people feel they belong.






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






32. Behavior that occurs when work benefits are made contingent on sexual favors (as a 'quid pro quo') or when touching - lewd comments - or appearance of pornographic material creates a 'hostile environment' in the workplace.






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






34. Numerous ways that people with access to the Internet can do business from their computers.






35. A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority.






36. The unintended influence that observers or experiments can have on their subjects.






37. The process of introducing new elements into a culture through either discovery or invention.






38. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.






39. A neighborbood that residents identify through defined community borders and through a perception that adjacent areas are geographically separate and socially different.






40. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.






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






42. Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.






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






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






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






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






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






48. In Harold D. Lasswell's words - 'who gets what - when - and how.'






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






50. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.