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






2. A construct or model that serves as a measuring rod against which specific cases can be evaluated.






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






4. Salaries and wages.






5. 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.






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






7. The scientific study of population.






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






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






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






11. 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.






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






13. Practices required or expected of members of a faith.






14. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






15. A label used to devalue members of deviant social groups.






16. The deliberate - systematic killing of an entire people or nation.






17. Japanese born in the United States who were descendants of the Issei.






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






19. The totality of learned - socially transmitted behavior.






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






21. Commercial organizations that are headquartered in one country but do business throughout the world.






22. The state of being related to others.






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






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






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






26. Statements to which members of a particular religion adhere.






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






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






29. Another name for labeling theory.






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






31. A technique for measuring social class that assigns individuals to classes on the basis of criteria such as occupation - education - income - and place of residence.






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






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






34. According to the Census Bureau - any territory within a metropolitan area that is not included in the central city.






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






36. A group or category to which people feel they do not belong.






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






38. 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.






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






40. An abstract system of word meanings and symbols for all aspects of culture. It also includes gestures and other nonverbal communication.






41. Mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one another's cultures - which allows minorities to express their own cultures without experiencing prejudice.






42. 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.






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






44. The number of deaths of infants under one year of age per 1 -000 live births in a given year.






45. The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons.






46. A theory of urban growth that sees growth in terms of a series of rings radiating from the central business district.






47. Rituals marking the symbolic transition from one social position to another.






48. A formal - impersonal group in which there is little social intimacy or mutual understanding.






49. Power that has been institutionalized and is recognized by the people over whom it is exercised.






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