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CLEP Sociology

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1. Norms governing everyday social behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.






2. The process of introducing new elements into a culture through either discovery or invention.






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






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






5. Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class - comprising the owners of the means of production.






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






7. The incidence of diseases in a given population.






8. A systematic - organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem.






9. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






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






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






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






13. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






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






15. As defined by the World Health Organization - a state of complete physical - mental - and social well-being - and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.






16. A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.






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






18. 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.






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






20. 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.






21. The feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality - such as a divine being - or of being overcome with religious emotion.






22. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.






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






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






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






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






27. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






28. A formal - impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding.






29. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






30. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






31. A theory of urban growth that views growth as emerging from many centers of development - each of which may reflect a particular urban need or activity.






32. The relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence - with one event leading to the other.






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






34. The attempt to reach agreement with others concerning some objective.






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






36. The standards of acceptable behavior developed by and for members of a profession.






37. An artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables.






38. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






39. A religious group that is the outgrowth of a sect - yet remains isolated from society.






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






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






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






43. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






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






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






46. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






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






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






49. An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted.






50. A relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.