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CLEP Sociology

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






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






3. A set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social - economic - and political interests.






4. A neighborbood that residents identify through defined community borders and through a perception that adjacent areas are geographically separate and socially different.






5. An interactionist theory of aging that argues that elderly people who remain active will be best-adjusted.






6. A violation of criminal law for which formal penalties are applied by some governmental authority.






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






8. Transfers of money - goods - or services that are not reported to the government.






9. A term coined by Erving Goffman to refer to institutions that regulate all aspects of a person's life under a single authority - such as prisons - the military - mental hospitals - and convents.






10. The maintenance of political - social - economic - and cultural dominance over a people by a foreign power for an extended period of time.






11. A term coined by Robert N. Butler to refer to prejudice and discrimination against the elderly.






12. The variable in a causal relationship that - when altered - causes or influences a change in a second variable.






13. Difficulties that occur when incompatible expectations arise from two or more social positions held by the same person.






14. The systematic coding and objective recording of data - guided by some rationale.






15. Pride in the extended family - expressed through the maintenance of close ties and strong obligations to kinfolk.






16. A group small enough for all members to interact simultaneously - that is - to talk with one another or at least be acquainted.






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






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






19. Sociological investigation that stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.






20. The reputation that a particular individual has earned within an occupation.






21. 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.






22. Records of births - deaths - marriages - and divorces gathered through a registration system maintained by governmental units.






23. Veblen's term for those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change and who have a stake in maintaining the status quo.






24. A study - generally in the form of interviews or questionnaires - that provides sociologists and other researchers with information concerning how people think and act.






25. The act of physically separating two groups; often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group.






26. A term used by C. Wright Mills for a small group of military - industrial - and government leaders who control the fate of the United States.






27. Social control carried out by authorized agents - such as police officers - judges - school administrators - and employers.






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






29. A social position attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.






30. A special-purpose group designed and structured for maximum efficiency.






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






32. The number of deaths per 1 -000 population in a given year. Also known as the crude death rate.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.






40. As defined by the World Health Organization - a state of complete physical - mental - and social well-being - and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.






41. Cultural adjustments to material conditions - such as customs - beliefs - patterns of communication - and ways of using material objects.






42. A city characterized by relatively large size - open competition - an open class system - and elaborate specialization in the manufacturing of goods.






43. 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.






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






45. Norms that generally have been written down and that specify strict rules for punishment of violators.






46. The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.






47. A technologically sophisticated society that is preoccupied with consumer goods and media images.






48. Two unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another's lives in a relationship of mutual caring - who reside together - and who agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents - basic living expenses - and other common necessities.






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






50. 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.