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CLEP Sociology

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1. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






2. Mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one another's cultures - which allows minorities to express their own cultures without experiencing prejudice.






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






4. 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.






5. 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.






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






7. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






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






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






10. Rituals marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another.






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






12. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.






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






14. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






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






16. Transfers of money - goods - or services that are not reported to the government.






17. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.






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






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






20. 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.






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






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






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






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






25. A generally small - secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.






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






27. A neighborbood that residents identify through defined community borders and through a perception that adjacent areas are geographically separate and socially different.






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






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






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






31. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






32. 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.






33. Another name for labeling theory.






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






35. Organized collective activities that promote autonomy and self-determination as well as improvements in the quality of life.






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






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






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






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






40. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.






41. Social control carried out by people casually through such means as laughter - smiles - and ridicule.






42. Information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.






43. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.






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






45. Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe - respect - and even fear.






46. An approach that contends that industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain.






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






48. An area of study that focuses on the interrelationships between people and their environment.






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






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