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CLEP Sociology

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1. An explanation of an abstract concept that is specific enough to allow a researcher to measure the concept.






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






7. Employees who work fulltime or part-time at home rather than in an outside office and who are linked to their supervisors and colleagues through computer terminals - phone lines - and fax machines.






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






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






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






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






12. 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.






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






14. 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.






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






16. The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.






17. A speculative statement about the relationship between two or more variables.






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






19. A view of conformity and deviance that suggests that our connection to members of society leads us to systematically conform to society's norms.






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






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






22. 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.






23. The collection and distribution of information concerning events in the social environment.






24. The gestures - objects - and language that form the basis of human communication.






25. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.






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






27. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






28. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe communities - often urban - that are large and impersonal with little commitment to the group or consensus on values.






29. Significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and culture - including norms and values.






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






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






32. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.






33. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






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






35. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.






36. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






37. Transfers of money - goods - or services that are not reported to the government.






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






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






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






41. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by law.






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






43. A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society - whatever their lifestyles - are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole.






44. The process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.






45. 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.






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






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






48. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.






49. 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.






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