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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






2. An approach to the study of formal organizations that views workers as being motivated almost entirely by economic rewards.






3. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






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






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






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






7. A view of social interaction - popularized by Erving Goffman - under which people are examined as if they were theatrical performers.






8. The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.






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






10. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.






11. The tendency to assume that one's culture and way of life represent the norm or are superior to all others.






12. The actual or threatened use of coercion to impose one's will on others.






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






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






15. A two-member group.






16. Control of a market by a single business firm.






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






18. A city with only a few thousand people living within its borders and characterized by a relatively closed class system and limited mobility.






19. Organized collective activities that promote autonomy and self-determination as well as improvements in the quality of life.






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






21. Rebellious craft workers in nineteenth-century England who destroyed new factory machinery as part of their resistance to the industrial revolution.






22. The scientific study of population.






23. The feeling or perception of being in direct contact with the ultimate reality - such as a divine being - or of being overcome with religious emotion.






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






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






26. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






27. Max Weber's term for the disciplined work ethic - this-worldly concerns - and rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers.






28. 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.






29. The requirement that people select mates outside certain groups.






30. An awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.






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






32. A view of society in which many competing groups within the community have access to governmental officials so that no single group is dominant.






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






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






35. The variable in a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable.






36. The social institution through which goods and services are produced - distributed - and consumed.






37. A term used by Ferdinand Tonnies to describe close-knit communities - often found in rural areas - in which strong personal bonds unite members.






38. Preindustrial societies in which people plant seeds and crops rather than subsist merely on available foods.






39. The process of disengagement from a role that is central to one's selfidentity and reestablishment of an identity in a new role.






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






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






42. Positive efforts to recruit minority group members or women for jobs - promotions - and educational opportunities.






43. Organized collective activities to bring about or resist fundamental change in an existing group or society.






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






45. The systematic - widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants.






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






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






48. The average number of children born alive to a woman - assuming that she conforms to current fertility rates.






49. Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society.






50. A form of marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives simultaneously.