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CLEP Sociology

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






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






3. A view of society as ruled by a small group of individuals who share a common set of political and economic interests.






4. An artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables.






5. A functionalist theory of aging introduced by Cumming and Henry that contends that society and the aging individual mutually sever many of their relationships.






6. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






7. Any number of people with similar norms - values - and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis.






8. A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social - economic - and political interests.






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






10. A special type of bar chart that shows the distribution of the population by gender and age.






11. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






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






13. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.






14. The relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence - with one event leading to the other.






15. The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others.






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






17. A group that is set apart from others because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns.






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






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






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






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






22. A relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not recognize individual differences within the group.






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






31. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






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






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






34. A set of people related by blood - marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship) - or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.






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






36. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






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






38. Another name for labeling theory.






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






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






41. Pride in the extended family - expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk.






42. The number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time.






43. The study of the distribution of disease - impairment - and general health status across a population.






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






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






46. The process of introducing new elements into a culture through either discovery or invention.






47. A view of social interaction - popularized by Erving Goffman - under which people are examined as if they were theatrical performers.






48. Social control carried out by authorized agents - such as police officers - judges - school administrators - and employers.






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






50. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.







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