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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world.






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






3. 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.






4. A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority.






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






6. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.






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






8. The total number of cases of a specific disorder that exist at a given time.






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






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






11. The study of various aspects of human society.






12. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.






13. A theory of social change that holds that all societies pass through the same successive stages of evolution and inevitably reach the same end.






14. An enumeration - or counting - of a population.






15. Jean Piaget's theory explaining how children's thought progresses through four stages.






16. Subjects in an experiment who are exposed to an independent variable introduced by a researcher.






17. Pride in the extended family - expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk.






18. The use of two or more languages in particular settings - such as workplaces or educational facilities - treating each language as equally legitimate.






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






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






21. A factor held constant to test the relative impact of an independent variable.






22. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






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






24. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the efforts of people to maintain the proper image and avoid embarrassment in public.






25. Cultural adjustments to material conditions - such as customs - beliefs - patterns of communication - and ways of using material objects.






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






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






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






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






30. The amount of reproduction among women of childbearing age.






31. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






32. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






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






34. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.






35. A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society - whatever their lifestyles - are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole.






36. Transfers of money - goods - or services that are not reported to the government.






37. 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.






38. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






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






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






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






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






43. A sociological approach that emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.






44. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






45. A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.






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






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






48. The condition of being estranged or disassociated from the surrounding society.






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






50. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.