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CLEP Sociology

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






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






3. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.






4. A society that depends on mechanization to produce its economic goods and services.






5. Karl Marx's term for the capitalist class - comprising the owners of the means of production.






6. Difficulties that occur when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.






7. A research technique in which an investigator collects information through direct participation in and/or observation of a group - tribe - or community.






8. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. The belief that one race is supreme and all others are innately inferior.






13. The incidence of diseases in a given population.






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






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






16. Legitimate power conferred by custom and accepted practice.






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






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






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






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






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






22. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






23. Expectations regarding the proper behavior - attitudes - and activities of males and females.






24. 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.






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






26. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






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






28. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.






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






30. 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.






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






32. A term used by George Herbert Mead to refer to those individuals who are most important in the development of the self - such as parents - friends - and teachers.






33. The conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.






34. Talcott Parsons's functionalist view of society as tending toward a state of stability or balance.






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.






46. Hereditary systems of rank - usually religiously dictated - that tend to be fixed and immobile.






47. A measurable trait or characteristic that is subject to change under different conditions.






48. 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.






49. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






50. The process by which a relatively small number of people control what material eventually reaches the audience.







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