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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The extent to which a measure provides consistent results.






2. General practices found in every culture.






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






4. The degree to which a scale or measure truly reflects the phenomenon under study.






5. Cultural adjustments to material conditions - such as customs - beliefs - patterns of communication - and ways of using material objects.






6. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe communities - often urban - that are large and impersonal with little commitment to the group or consensus on values.






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






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






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






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






11. The state of being related to others.






12. The scientific study of population.






13. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






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






15. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.






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






17. The ways in which people respond to one another.






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






19. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.






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






21. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.






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






23. Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.






24. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.






25. 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.






26. The ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money - political influence - access to the media - and personnel.






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






28. The exercise of power through a process of persuasion.






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






30. Subjects in an experiment who are not introduced to the independent variable by the researcher.






31. A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fiber are readily available in order to live.






32. Failures that are inevitable - given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized.






33. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






34. A term used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired - but illegal - goods and services.






35. The totality of learned - socially transmitted behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A negative attitude toward an entire category of people - such as a racial or ethnic minority.






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






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






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






46. Questionnaires or interviews used to determine whether people have been victims of crime.






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






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






49. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






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