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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. A term used by Karl Marx to describe an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect its objective position.






3. A set of people related by blood - marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship) - or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.






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






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






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






7. A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs.






8. Collective conceptions of what is considered good - desirable - and proper--or bad - undesirable - and improper--in a culture.






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






10. The number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time.






11. The degree to which a scale or measure truly reflects the phenomenon under study.






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






13. A society whose economic system is primarily engaged in the processing and control of information.






14. An artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables.






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






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






17. A series of social relationships that links a person directly to others and therefore indirectly to still more people.






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






19. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






20. Changes in a person's social position within his or her adult life.






21. An interactionist perspective that states that interracial contact between people of equal status in cooperative circumstances will reduce prejudice.






22. The extent to which a measure provides consistent results.






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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.






30. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






31. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.






32. Going along with one's peers - individuals of a person's own status - who have no special right to direct that person's behavior.






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






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






35. 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.






36. The impact that a teacher's expectations about a student's performance may have on the student's actual achievements.






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






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






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. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.






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






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






43. A face-to-face or telephone questioning of a respondent to obtain desired information.






44. According to






45. Another name for labeling theory.






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






47. A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth - prestige - or power.






48. A term used by Max Weber to refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle - independent of their class positions.






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






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