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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. 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.






2. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






3. 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.






4. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.






5. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.






6. A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency.






7. A selection from a larger population that is statistically representative of that population.






8. A kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important.






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






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






11. A sample for which every member of the entire population has the same chance of being selected.






12. A group that - despite past prejudice and discrimination - succeeds economically - socially - and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites.






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






14. 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.






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






16. Information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.






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






18. The ideology that one sex is superior to the other.






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






20. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






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






22. 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.






23. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.






24. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.






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






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






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






28. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






29. The double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equitably.






30. Veblen's term for those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo.






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






32. The viewing of people's behavior from the perspective of their own culture.






33. A theory of urban growth that sees growth in terms of a series of rings radiating from the central business district.






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






35. The study of various aspects of human society.






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






37. The ways in which people respond to one another.






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






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






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






41. The study of the distribution of disease - impairment - and general health status across a population.






42. 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.






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






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






45. A set of expectations of people who occupy a given social position or status.






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






47. 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.






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






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






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