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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






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






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






4. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.






5. A three-member group.






6. Going along with one's peers - individuals of a person's own status - who have no special right to direct that person's behavior.






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






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






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






10. A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the 1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.






11. 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.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






15. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






16. The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.






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






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






19. Print and electronic instruments of communication that carry messages to often widespread audiences.






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. A principle of organizational life - originated by Laurence J. Peter - according to which each individual within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.






27. The process of disengagement from a role that is central to one's selfidentity and reestablishment of an identity in a new role.






28. Salaries and wages.






29. A form of polygamy in which a husband can have several wives at the same time.






30. The number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1 -000 live births in a given year.






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






32. A face-to-face or telephone questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information.






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






34. A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority - such as prisons - the military - mental hospitals - and convents.






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






36. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






37. Due to the stereotyping - this term has been abandoned by sociologists in favor of new religious movements.






38. 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.






39. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.






40. Organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society.






41. The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.






42. A sociological approach that emphasizes inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization.






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






44. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.






45. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.






46. The process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant have come to dominate certain sectors of society - both in the United States and throughout the world.






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






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






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






50. A term coined by Robert N. Butler to refer to prejudice and discrimination against the elderly.