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






2. A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important.






3. A social structure that derives its existence from the social interactions through which people define and redefine its character.






4. A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory - are relatively independent of people outside it - and participate in a common culture.






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






6. A standard of poverty based on a minimum level of subsistence below which families should not be expected to exist.






7. A married couple and their unmarried children living together.






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






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






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






11. Max Weber's term for the disciplined work ethic - this-worldly concerns - and rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers.






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






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






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






15. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.






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






17. 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.






18. Research that collects and reports data primarily in numerical form.






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






20. A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth - prestige - or power.






21. 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.






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






23. 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.






24. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






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






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






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






30. Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.






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






32. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.






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






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






35. Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe - respect - and even fear.






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






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






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






39. A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism.






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






41. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.






42. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.






43. Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.






44. 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.






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






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






47. Latino folk medicine using holistic health care and healing.






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






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






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