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CLEP Sociology

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






2. Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.






3. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






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






5. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.






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






7. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.






8. Collective conceptions of what is considered good - desirable - and proper--or bad - undesirable - and improper--in a culture.






9. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






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






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






12. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






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






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






15. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.






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






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






18. 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.






19. A religious group that is the outgrowth of a sect - yet remains isolated from society.






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






21. In Karl Marx's view - a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change.






22. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






23. A segment of society that shares a distinctive pattern of mores - folkways - and values that differs from the pattern of the larger society.






24. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






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






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






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






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






29. The process by which a relatively small number of people control what material eventually reaches the audience.






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






31. 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.






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






33. A spatial or political unit of social organization that gives people a sense of belonging - based either on shared residence in a particular place or on a common identity.






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






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






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






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






38. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






39. Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.






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






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






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






43. Changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life.






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






45. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






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






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






48. Latino folk medicine using holistic health care and healing.






49. A city in which global finance and the electronic flow of information dominate the economy.






50. A term used by Max Weber to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.