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CLEP Sociology

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






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






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






4. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.






5. The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.






6. Ogburn's term for a period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions.






7. The incidence of diseases in a given population.






8. 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.






9. The variable in a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable.






10. A sociological approach that generalizes about fundamental or everyday forms of social interaction.






11. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.






12. The average number of years a person can be expected to live under current mortality conditions.






13. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






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






15. 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.






16. A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs.






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






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26. A systematic - organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem.






27. 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.






28. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






29. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.






30. The ordinary and commonplace elements of life - as distinguished from the sacred.






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






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






33. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






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






35. The systematic study of the biological bases of social behavior.






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






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






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






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






40. The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.






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






42. An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted.






43. A city characterized by relatively large size - open competition - an open class system - and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods.






44. Preindustrial societies in which people plant seeds and crops rather than subsist merely on available foods.






45. 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.






46. Salaries and wages.






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






48. The practice of living together as a male-female couple without marrying.






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






50. A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's norms.