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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The scientific study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged.






2. 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.






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






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






5. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.






6. Veblen's term for those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo.






7. Families in which there is only one parent present to care for children.






8. A principle of organizational life developed by Robert Michels under which even democratic organizations will become bureaucracies ruled by a few individuals.






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






10. The study of an entire social setting through extended systematic observation.






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






12. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






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






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






15. The phenomenon whereby the media provide such massive amounts of information that the audience becomes numb and generally fails to act on the information - regardless of how compelling the issue.






16. Reductions taken in a company's workforce as part of deindustrialization.






17. The average number of years a person can be expected to live under current mortality conditions.






18. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.






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






20. A sense of virility - personal worth - and pride in one's maleness.






21. Two unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in a relationship of mutual caring - who reside together - and who agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents - basic living expenses - and other common necessities.






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






23. 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.






24. An approach to deviance that emphasizes the role of culture in the creation of the deviant identity.






25. The systematic - widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants.






26. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






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






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






29. The variable in a causal relationship that - when altered - causes or influences a change in a second variable.






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






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






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






33. Societal expectations about the attitudes and behavior of a person viewed as being ill.






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






35. Preindustrial societies in which people plant seeds and crops rather than subsist merely on available foods.






36. The number of deaths per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude death rate.






37. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






38. An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaging in the same behavior are not.






39. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.






40. Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture.






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






42. The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.






43. Any group that individuals use as a standard in evaluating themselves and their own behavior.






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






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






46. A relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.






47. A term used by C. Wright Mills for a small group of military - industrial - and government leaders who control the fate of the United States.






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






49. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






50. A group or category to which people feel they do not belong.