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CLEP Sociology

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1. A form of polygamy in which a woman can have several husbands at the same time.






2. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.






3. 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.






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






5. An area of study concerned with the interrelationships between people and their spatial setting and physical environment.






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






7. An aspect of the socialization process within total institutions - in which people are subjected to humiliating rituals.






8. According to






9. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.






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






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






12. A city with only a few thousand people living within its borders and characterized by a relatively closed class system and limited mobility.






13. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






14. 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.






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






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






17. The process by which a group - organization - or social movement becomes increasingly bureaucratic.






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






19. A form of polygamy in which a husband can have several wives at the same time.






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. Organized patterns of beliefs and behavior centered on basic social needs.






24. A three-member group.






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






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






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






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






29. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.






30. Standards of behavior that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools.






31. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






32. The act of physically separating two groups; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group.






33. Organized collective activities that promote autonomy and self-determination as well as improvements in the quality of life.






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






35. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






36. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






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






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






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






47. Control of a market by a single business firm.






48. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.






49. 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.






50. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.







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