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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. Behavior that occurs when work benefits are made contingent on sexual favors (as a 'quid pro quo') or when touching - lewd comments - or appearance of pornographic material creates a 'hostile environment' in the workplace.
Resocialization
Bilingualism
Amalgamation
Sexual harassment
2. Another name for labeling theory.
Birthrate
Sanctions
Societal-reaction approach
Victimless crimes
3. A term used to describe the change from high birthrates and death rates to relatively low birthrates and death rates.
Dysfunction
Domestic partnership
Demographic transition
Influence
4. Fear of and prejudice against homosexuality.
Cultural relativism
Downsizing
Homophobia
Fertility
5. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.
Secularization
Bilingualism
Population pyramid
Looking-glass self
6. Ogburn's term for a period of maladjustment during which the nonmaterial culture is still adapting to new material conditions.
Postmodern society
Sociobiology
Culture lag
White-collar crime
7. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.
Nuclear family
Community
Sociological imagination
Multilinear evolutionary theory
8. The act of physically separating two groups; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group.
Social constructionist perspective
Cognitive theory of development
Education
Segregation
9. A theory of social change that holds that society is moving in a definite direction.
Social mobility
Community
Negotiation
Evolutionary theory
10. 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.
Patrilineal descent
Social constructionist perspective
Narcotizing dysfunction
Social epidemiology
11. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.
Capitalism
Independent variable
Death rate
Gemeinschaft
12. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.
Pluralism
Status group
Routine activities theory
Cultural universals
13. A theory of urban growth that sees growth in terms of a series of rings radiating from the central business district.
Language
Research design
Concentric-zone theory
Formal norms
14. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.
Hidden curriculum
Polygamy
Microsociology
Esteem
15. Expectations regarding the proper behavior - attitudes - and activities of males and females.
Technology
Sexism
Gender roles
Role conflict
16. A term used by Max Weber to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.
Class
Institutional discrimination
Socialism
Social science
17. Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm.
Postindustrial city
Suburb
Informal economy
Sanctions
18. Another name for the classical theory of formal organizations.
Scientific management approach
Operational definition
Professional criminal
Observation
19. The practice of living together as a male-female couple without marrying.
New social movements
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Rites of passage
Cohabitation
20. The way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.
Profane
Intergenerational mobility
Social structure
Curanderismo
21. A group that is set apart from others because of obvious physical differences.
Racial group
Opinion leader
Status
Dominant ideology
22. A city characterized by relatively large size - open competition - an open class system - and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods.
Interactionist perspective
Content analysis
Industrial city
Stratification
23. A family in which relatives--such as grandparents - aunts - or uncles--live in the same home as parents and their children.
Monopoly
Extended family
Serial monogamy
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
24. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by a leader's exceptional personal or emotional appeal to his or her followers.
Charismatic authority
Authority
Single-parent families
Incest taboo
25. Norms that generally are understood but are not precisely recorded.
Class
Informal norms
Polygamy
Coalition
26. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.
Amalgamation
Contact hypothesis
Incest taboo
Labeling theory
27. A two-member group.
Dyad
Mores
Machismo
Racial group
28. The state of a population with a growth rate of zero - achieved when the number of births plus immigrants is equal to the number of deaths plus emigrants.
Language
Alienation
Voluntary associations
Zero population growth (ZPG)
29. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.
Credentialism
Interview
Closed system
Capitalism
30. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.
Social control
Authority
Environmental justice
Interview
31. A sense of virility - personal worth - and pride in one's maleness.
Qualitative research
Machismo
Anomie theory of deviance
Social mobility
32. The ability to exercise one's will over others.
Ecclesia
Power
Hypothesis
Income
33. The conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.
Face-work
Model or ideal minority
Relative deprivation
Megalopolis
34. 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.
Generalized others
Assimilation
Sociocultural evolution
Bourgeoisie
35. Failures that are inevitable - given the manner in which human and technological systems are organized.
Zero population growth (ZPG)
Normal accidents
Hidden curriculum
Iron law of oligarchy
36. The systematic study of social behavior and human groups.
Sociology
Scientific method
Impression management
Racial group
37. In Harold D. Lasswell's words - 'who gets what - when - and how.'
Politics
Subculture
Megalopolis
Pluralism
38. The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society.
Alienation
Prestige
Proletariat
Esteem
39. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.
Political socialization
Nisei
Anti-Semitism
Gemeinschaft
40. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.
Instrumentality
Modernization
Folkways
Education
41. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.
Unilinear evolutionary theory
Ascribed status
New religious movement (NRM) or cult
Sanctions
42. Cultural adjustments to material conditions - such as customs - beliefs - patterns of communication - and ways of using material objects.
Nonmaterial culture
Role conflict
Observation
Out-group
43. The process by which a cultural item is spread from group to group or society to society.
Expressiveness
Argot
Segregation
Diffusion
44. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.
Life chances
Independent variable
Gemeinschaft
Dependent variable
45. Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.
Normal accidents
Dysfunction
Deviance
Familism
46. 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.
Organized crime
Fertility
Homophobia
Impression management
47. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.
Causal logic
Growth rate
Matriarchy
Routine activities theory
48. 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.
E-commerce
Life expectancy
Sexual harassment
Minority group
49. The process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.
Matrilineal descent
Correspondence principle
Discovery
Cult
50. 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.
Significant others
Secondary group
Voluntary associations
Deviance