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CLEP Sociology

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1. According to George Herbert Mead - the sum total of people's conscious perceptions of their own identity as distinct from others.






2. An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender - race - or ethnicity.






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






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






5. The process whereby people learn the attitudes - values - and actions appropriate for individuals as members of a particular culture.






6. Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.






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






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






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






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






11. Control of a market by a single business firm.






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






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






14. The totality of learned - socially transmitted behavior.






15. A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than the members of a dominant or majority group have over theirs.






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






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






18. An inclusive term encompassing all of a person's material assets - including land and other types of property.






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






20. A hypothesis concerning the role of language in shaping cultures. It holds that language is culturally determined and serves to influence our mode of thought.






21. Latino folk medicine using holistic health care and healing.






22. Collective conceptions of what is considered good - desirable - and proper--or bad - undesirable - and improper--in a culture.






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






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






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






26. An approach to urbanization that considers the interplay of local - national - and worldwide forces and their effect on local space - with special emphasis on the impact of global economic activity.






27. An element or a process of society that may disrupt a social system or lead to a decrease in stability.






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






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






30. The study of various aspects of human society.






31. A term used by Erving Goffman to refer to the efforts of people to maintain the proper image and avoid embarrassment in public.






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






37. A negative attitude toward an entire category of people - such as a racial or ethnic minority.






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






39. 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.






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






41. A society whose economic system is primarily engaged in the processing and control of information.






42. The double burden--work outside the home followed by child care and housework--that many women face and few men share equitably.






43. A temporary or permanent alliance geared toward a common goal.






44. A religious group that is the outgrowth of a sect - yet remains isolated from society.






45. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






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






47. A systematic - organized series of steps that ensures maximum objectivity and consistency in researching a problem.






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






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






50. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes.