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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A principle of organizational life - originated by Laurence J. Peter - according to which each individual within a hierarchy tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence.






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






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






4. A sense of virility - personal worth - and pride in one's maleness.






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






6. The ways in which a social movement utilizes such resources as money - political influence - access to the media - and personnel.






7. A literal interpretation of the Bible regarding the creation of man and the universe used to argue that evolution should not be presented as established scientific fact.






8. A theory of social change that holds that change can occur in several ways and does not inevitably lead in the same direction.






9. An artificially created situation that allows the researcher to manipulate variables.






10. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.






11. Max Weber's term for objectivity of sociologists in the interpretation of data.






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






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






14. Max Weber's term for people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods - positive living conditions - and favorable life experiences.






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






16. The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant human behavior in any society.






17. An economic system in which the means of production are largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profits.






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






19. The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives.






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






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






22. According to






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






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






25. Specialized language used by members of a group or subculture.






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






27. Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.






28. A densely populated area containing two or more cities and their surrounding suburbs.






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






30. The prohibition of sexual relationships between certain culturally specified relatives.






31. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






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






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






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






35. A society in which men dominate family decision making.






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






37. A system of enforced servitude in which people are legally owned by others and in which enslaved status is transferred from parents to children.






38. In a legal sense - a process that allows for the transfer of the legal rights - responsibilities - and privileges of parenthood to a new legal parent or parents.






39. In Karl Marx's view - a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change.






40. A social system in which the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.






41. An economic system under which the means of production and distribution are collectively owned.






42. A group that is set apart from others because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns.






43. In everyday speech - a person's typical patterns of attitudes - needs - characteristics - and behavior.






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






45. A form of polygamy in which a husband can have several wives at the same time.






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






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






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






49. A fairly large number of people who live in the same territory - are relatively independent of people outside it - and participate in a common culture.






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