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CLEP Sociology

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1. A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.






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






3. According to






4. A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.






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






6. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






7. The unintended influence that observers or experiments can have on their subjects.






8. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.






9. 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.






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






11. A two-member group.






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






13. The number of live births per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude birthrate.






14. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






15. 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.






16. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






17. A term used by Max Weber to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.






18. A term used by Bowles and Gintis to refer to the tendency of schools to promote the values expected of individuals in each social class and to prepare students for the types of jobs typically held by members of their class.






19. A kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.






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






21. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






22. Questionnaires or interviews used to determine whether people have been victims of crime.






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






24. 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.






25. An approach to deviance that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaging in the same behavior are not.






26. Mmanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.






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






28. Organized workers who share either the same skill or the same employer.






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






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






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






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






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






34. The average number of years a person can be expected to live under current mortality conditions.






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






36. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






37. 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.






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






39. A hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought.






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






41. The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.






42. A society in which men dominate family decision making.






43. The incidence of death in a given population.






44. A three-member group.






45. Due to the stereotyping - this term has been abandoned by sociologists in favor of new religious movements.






46. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






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






48. The phenomenon whereby the media provide such massive amounts of information that the audience becomes numb and generally fails to act on the information - regardless of how compelling the issue.






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






50. The process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture.