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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.






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






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






4. A sociological approach that emphasizes inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization.






5. The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.






6. Due to the stereotyping - this term has been abandoned by sociologists in favor of new religious movements.






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






8. A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth - prestige - or power.






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






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






11. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






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






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






14. A term used by C. Wright Mills for a small group of military - industrial - and government leaders who control the fate of the United States.






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






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






17. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by law.






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






19. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. Organized workers who share either the same skill or the same employer.






28. Long term trend in human societies that results from the interplay of innovation - continuity - and selection.






29. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






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






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






32. A measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions.






33. The variable in a causal relationship that - when altered - causes or influences a change in a second variable.






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






35. General practices found in every culture.






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






37. The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.






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






39. A society that depends on mechanization to produce its economic goods and services.






40. 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.






41. The number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1 -000 live births in a given year.






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






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






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






45. 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.






46. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






47. A view of society in which many competing groups within the community have access to governmental officials so that no single group is dominant.






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






49. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






50. Expectations regarding the proper behavior - attitudes - and activities of males and females.