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CLEP Sociology

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1. 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.






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






3. 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.






4. A city in which global finance and the electronic flow of information dominate the economy.






5. A large - organized religion not officially linked with the state or government.






6. Norms governing everyday social behavior whose violation raises comparatively little concern.






7. A formal process of learning in which some people consciously teach while others adopt the social role of learner.






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






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






10. The conscious feeling of a negative discrepancy between legitimate expectations and present actualities.






11. The study of the distribution of disease - impairment - and general health status across a population.






12. Another name for labeling theory.






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






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






15. A term used by sociologists to refer to any of the full range of socially defined positions within a large group or society.






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






17. 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.






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






19. The ordinary and commonplace elements of life - as distinguished from the sacred.






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






21. A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time.






22. The early Japanese immigrants to the United States.






23. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






29. The scientific study of the sociological and psychological aspects of aging and the problems of the aged.






30. Anti-Jewish prejudice.






31. Information about how to use the material resources of the environment to satisfy human needs and desires.






32. A component of formal organization in which rules and hierarchical ranking are used to achieve efficiency.






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






34. An approach to the study of formal organizations that emphasizes the role of people - communication - and participation within a bureaucracy and tends to focus on the informal structure of the organization.






35. The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.






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






37. Long term trend in human societies that results from the interplay of innovation - continuity - and selection.






38. 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.






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






40. The work of a group that regulates relations between various criminal enterprises involved in the smuggling and sale of drugs - prostitution - gambling - and other activities.






41. A form of capitalism under which people compete freely - with minimal government intervention in the economy.






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






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






44. A small group characterized by intimate - face-to-face association and cooperation.






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






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






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






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






49. A generally small - secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.






50. A social system in which there is little or no possibility of individual mobility.