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CLEP Sociology

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1. A relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.






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






3. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.






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






5. A city in which global finance and the electronic flow of information dominate the economy.






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






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






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






9. The number of deaths per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude death rate.






10. Families in which there is only one parent present to care for children.






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






12. According to the Census Bureau - any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.






13. Failures that are inevitable - given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized.






14. 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.






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






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






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






18. A term used by sociologists to describe the willing exchange among adults of widely desired - but illegal - goods and services.






19. An increase in the lowest level of education required to enter a field.






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






21. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.






22. 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.






23. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






24. A spatial or political unit of social organization that gives people a sense of belonging - based either on shared residence in a particular place or on a common identity.






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






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






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






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






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






30. A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the 1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.






31. Salaries and wages.






32. A temporary or permanent alliance geared toward a common goal.






33. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






34. 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.






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






36. In Harold D. Lasswell's words - 'who gets what - when - and how.'






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






38. The belief that the products - styles - or ideas of one's society are inferior to those that originate elsewhere.






39. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






40. In Karl Marx's view - a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change.






41. Norms that generally are understood but are not precisely recorded.






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






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






44. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






45. 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.






46. The tendency of workers in a bureaucracy to become so specialized that they develop blind spots and fail to notice obvious problems.






47. 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.






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






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






50. The ordinary and commonplace elements of life - as distinguished from the sacred.







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