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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. The use or threat of violence against random or symbolic targets in pursuit of political aims.
Population pyramid
Preindustrial city
Nisei
Terrorism
2. A theory of social change that holds that all societies pass through the same successive stages of evolution and inevitably reach the same end.
Unilinear evolutionary theory
Intragenerational mobility
Environmental justice
Incidence
3. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.
Multinational corporations
Formal norms
Racial group
Nonverbal communication
4. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.
Victimless crimes
Control variable
Unilinear evolutionary theory
Generalized others
5. Control of a market by a single business firm.
Monopoly
Industrial society
Sick role
Discovery
6. A society whose economic system is primarily engaged in the processing and control of information.
Homophobia
Dominant ideology
Established sect
Postindustrial society
7. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.
Natural science
Technology
Apartheid
Wealth
8. Sociological investigation that concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.
Victimless crimes
Ascribed status
Macrosociology
Correlation
9. Unreliable generalizations about all members of a group that do not recognize individual differences within the group.
Conformity
Environmental justice
Voluntary associations
Stereotypes
10. The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.
Proletariat
Legal-rational authority
Racism
Opinion leader
11. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.
Gemeinschaft
Culture lag
Affirmative action
Liberation theology
12. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.
Narcotizing dysfunction
In-group
Matriarchy
Ideal type
13. A relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.
Force
Correlation
Agrarian society
Domestic partnership
14. Hereditary systems of rank - usually religiously dictated - that tend to be fixed and immobile.
Bureaucracy
Pluralism
Routine activities theory
Castes
15. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.
Society
Globalization
Absolute poverty
Pluralist model
16. A view of society in which many competing groups within the community have access to governmental officials so that no single group is dominant.
Social epidemiology
Bureaucracy
Pluralist model
Power
17. A religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and is recognized as the national or official religion.
Trained incapacity
Wealth
Polyandry
Ecclesia
18. The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.
Social structure
Influence
Law
Triad
19. Any number of people with similar norms - values - and expectations who interact with one another on a regular basis.
Survey
Monogamy
Group
Secondary analysis
20. A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.
Profane
Demographic transition
Achieved status
Dependent variable
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.
Community
Class consciousness
Hunting-and-gathering society
Ethnic group
22. A term used by Max Weber to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.
In-group
Gatekeeping
Class
Profane
23. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.
Role taking
Horizontal mobility
White-collar crime
Assimilation
24. A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency.
Discovery
Gesellschaft
Bureaucracy
Extended family
25. The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.
Hunting-and-gathering society
Coalition
Assimilation
Machismo
26. Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs - promotions - and educational opportunities.
Social constructionist perspective
Demography
Role strain
Affirmative action
27. Print and electronic instruments of communication that carry messages to often widespread audiences.
Survey
Theory
Verstehen
Mass media
28. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.
Egalitarian family
Education
Affirmative action
Postmodern society
29. A term used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired - but illegal - goods and services.
Power
Labeling theory
Unilinear evolutionary theory
Victimless crimes
30. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.
Victimization surveys
Theory
Agrarian society
Multilinear evolutionary theory
31. The act of physically separating two groups; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group.
Colonialism
Segregation
Cultural universals
Informal social control
32. An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted.
Racism
Activity theory
Social movements
Absolute poverty
33. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.
Charismatic authority
Social epidemiology
White-collar crime
Income
34. The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.
Human relations approach
Resource mobilization
Sociology
Industrial society
35. The exercise of power through a process of persuasion.
Influence
Ascribed status
Negotiation
Social change
36. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.
Socialization
Instrumentality
Stigma
Health
37. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.
Exploitation theory
Small group
Income
Multinational corporations
38. A generally small - secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.
Protestant ethic
Cultural transmission
Scientific management approach
New religious movement (NRM) or cult
39. Social control carried out by authorized agents - such as police officers - judges - school administrators - and employers.
Class consciousness
Social mobility
Sociobiology
Formal social control
40. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.
Power elite
Assimilation
Class system
Creationism
41. An approach to the study of formal organizations that views workers as being motivated almost entirely by economic rewards.
Community
Urbanism
Secondary group
Classical theory
42. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.
Extended family
Role exit
Expressiveness
Polygamy
43. An enumeration - or counting - of a population.
Looking-glass self
Defended neighborhood
Total fertility rate (TFR)
Census
44. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the efforts of people to maintain the proper image and avoid embarrassment in public.
Invention
Face-work
Sick role
Ageism
45. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.
Bilingualism
Census
Cohabitation
Survey
46. The average number of years a person can be expected to live under current mortality conditions.
Deviance
Life expectancy
Societal-reaction approach
Ecclesia
47. Pride in the extended family - expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk.
Familism
Affirmative action
Class system
Minority group
48. A sense of virility - personal worth - and pride in one's maleness.
Protestant ethic
Dependency theory
Machismo
Differential association
49. Organized workers who share either the same skill or the same employer.
Causal logic
Total institutions
Sick role
Labor unions
50. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.
Nuclear family
Face-work
Horizontal mobility
Slavery