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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.






2. 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.






3. A set of expectations of people who occupy a given social position or status.






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






5. Research that collects and reports data primarily in numerical form.






6. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.






7. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






8. A theory of social change that holds that society is moving in a definite direction.






9. An approach to deviance that emphasizes the role of culture in the creation of the deviant identity.






10. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






11. Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world.






12. A printed research instrument employed to obtain desired information from a respondent.






13. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






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






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






16. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.






17. 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.






18. A principle of organizational life - originated by Laurence J. Peter - according to which each individual within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.






19. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






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






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






22. Mmanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.






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






24. The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.






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






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






27. A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory - are relatively independent of people outside it - and participate in a common culture.






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






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 city with only a few thousand people living within its borders and characterized by a relatively closed class system and limited mobility.






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






34. Max Weber's term for the disciplined work ethic - this-worldly concerns - and rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers.






35. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.






36. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






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






38. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






39. Salaries and wages.






40. 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.






41. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the mother.






42. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






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. The most technologically advanced form of preindustrial society. Members are primarily engaged in the production of food but increase their crop yield through such innovations as the plow.






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






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47. Families in which there is only one parent present to care for children.






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






49. An authority pattern in which the adult members of the family are regarded as equals.






50. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to the child's awareness of the attitudes - viewpoints - and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account in his or her behavior.