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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






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






3. A preindustrial society in which people rely on whatever foods and fiber are readily available in order to live.






4. Going along with one's peers - individuals of a person's own status - who have no special right to direct that person's behavior.






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






6. A spatial or political unit of social organization that gives people a sense of belonging - based either on shared residence in a particular place or on a common identity.






7. A set of people related by blood - marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship) - or adoption who share the primary responsibility for reproduction and caring for members of society.






8. Sociological investigation that concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.






9. Any group or category to which people feel they belong.






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






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






12. Any group that individuals use as a standard in evaluating themselves and their own behavior.






13. The process through which religion's influence on other social institutions diminishes.






14. Distinctive patterns of social behavior evident among city residents.






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






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






17. Elements beyond everyday life that inspire awe - respect - and even fear.






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






19. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






20. Another name for labeling theory.






21. Processes of socialization in which a person 'rehearses' for future positions - occupations - and social relationships.






22. The feeling of surprise and disorientation that is experienced when people witness cultural practices different from their own.






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






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






25. Norms that generally are understood but are not precisely recorded.






26. The process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant have come to dominate certain sectors of society - both in the United States and throughout the world.






27. The restriction of mate selection to people within the same group.






28. A social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence mobility.






29. The process of making known or sharing the existence of an aspect of reality.






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






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






32. The process of discarding former behavior patterns and accepting new ones as part of a transition in one's life.






33. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






34. An approach to deviance that emphasizes the role of culture in the creation of the deviant identity.






35. Mmanuel Wallerstein's view of the global economic system as divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited.






36. The process by which a group - organization - or social movement becomes increasingly bureaucratic.






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






38. A form of marriage in which one woman and one man are married only to each other.






39. A concept used by Charles Horton Cooley that emphasizes the self as the product of our social interactions with others.






40. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






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






42. The combination of existing cultural items into a form that did not previously exist.






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






44. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






50. Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.