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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A selection from a larger population that is statistically representative of that population.






2. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






3. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.






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






5. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.






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






7. Employees who work fulltime or part-time at home rather than in an outside office and who are linked to their supervisors and colleagues through computer terminals - phone lines - and fax machines.






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






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






10. 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.






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






12. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.






13. Difficulties that occur when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.






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






15. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






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






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






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






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






20. The gestures - objects - and language that form the basis of human communication.






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. The belief that the products - styles - or ideas of one's society are inferior to those that originate elsewhere.






23. The scientific study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged.






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






25. Subjects in an experiment who are exposed to an independent variable introduced by a researcher.






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






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






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






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






30. A term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect its objective position.






31. 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.






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






39. A society in which men dominate family decision making.






40. Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.






41. A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle - independent of their class positions.






42. An interactionist perspective that states that interracial contact between people of equal status in cooperative circumstances will reduce prejudice.






43. The process by which a group - organization - or social movement becomes increasingly bureaucratic.






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






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






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






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






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






49. The average number of children born alive to a woman - assuming that she conforms to current fertility rates.






50. 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.