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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.






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






3. A group that - despite past prejudice and discrimination - succeeds economically - socially - and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites.






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






5. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.






6. The use or threat of violence against random or symbolic targets in pursuit of political aims.






7. A variety of research techniques that make use of publicly accessible information and data.






8. The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society.






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






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






11. A measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions.






12. An approach to the study of formal organizations that emphasizes the role of people - communication - and participation within a bureaucracy and tends to focus on the informal structure of the organization.






13. 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.






14. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.






15. 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.






16. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






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






18. A system of enforced servitude in which people are legally owned by others and in which enslaved status is transferred from parents to children.






19. The study of the distribution of disease - impairment - and general health status across a population.






20. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






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






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






23. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






24. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






25. The scientific study of population.






26. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.






27. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






28. A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs.






29. The body of knowledge obtained by methods based upon systematic observation.






30. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.






31. The former policy of the South African government designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites.






32. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.






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






34. A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fiber are readily available in order to live.






35. Rebellious craft workers in nineteenth-century England who destroyed new factory machinery as part of their resistance to the industrial revolution.






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






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






38. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






39. A printed research instrument employed to obtain desired information from a respondent.






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






41. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the mother.






42. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.






43. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.






44. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






45. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






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






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






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






49. In a legal sense - a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights - responsibilities - and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents.






50. An approach to the study of formal organizations that views workers as being motivated almost entirely by economic rewards.