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CLEP Sociology

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The process of disengagement from a role that is central to one's selfidentity and reestablishment of an identity in a new role.






2. An approach to the study of formal organizations that views workers as being motivated almost entirely by economic rewards.






3. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.






4. 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.






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






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






7. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






8. Movement of individuals or groups from one position of a society's stratification system to another.






9. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to the child's awareness of the attitudes - viewpoints - and expectations of society as a whole that a child takes into account in his or her behavior.






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. A sociological approach that emphasizes inequity in gender as central to all behavior and organization.






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






18. 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.






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






20. A negative attitude toward an entire category of people - such as a racial or ethnic minority.






21. A principle of organizational life - originated by Laurence J. Peter - according to which each individual within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.






22. 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.






23. General practices found in every culture.






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






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






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






28. The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others.






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






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






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






32. Another name for labeling theory.






33. A detailed plan or method for obtaining data scientifically.






34. A theory of social change that holds that society is moving in a definite direction.






35. The process by which individuals acquire political attitudes and develop patterns of political behavior.






36. The work of a group that regulates relations between various criminal enterprises involved in the smuggling and sale of drugs - prostitution - gambling - and other activities.






37. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.






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






39. Crimes committed by affluent individuals or corporations in the course of their daily business activities.






40. The worldwide integration of government policies - cultures - social movements - and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas.






41. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the altering of the presentation of the self in order to create distinctive appearances and satisfy particular audiences.






42. The German word for 'understanding' or 'insight'; used by Max Weber to stress the need for sociologists to take into account people's emotions - thoughts - beliefs - and attitudes.






43. Ogburn's term for a period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions.






44. Long-term poor people who lack training and skills.






45. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






46. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.






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






48. Print and electronic instruments of communication that carry messages to often widespread audiences.






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






50. A form of marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives simultaneously.