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CLEP Sociology

Subjects : clep, humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A social position 'assigned' to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.






2. 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.






3. A sample for which every member of the entire population has the same chance of being selected.






4. Social control carried out by people casually through such means as laughter - smiles - and ridicule.






5. 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.






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






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






8. Another name for labeling theory.






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






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






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






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






13. Subjects in an experiment who are exposed to an independent variable introduced by a researcher.






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






15. Overzealous conformity to official regulations within a bureaucracy.






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






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






18. A subculture that deliberately opposes certain aspects of the larger culture.






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






20. Established standards of behavior maintained by a society.






21. The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria.






22. The requirement that people select mates outside certain groups.






23. General practices found in every culture.






24. The state of being related to others.






25. The average number of years a person can be expected to live under current mortality conditions.






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






27. The systematic - widespread withdrawal of investment in basic aspects of productivity such as factories and plants.






28. A society in which women dominate in family decision making.






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






30. 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.






31. The variable in a causal relationship that is subject to the influence of another variable.






32. A political philosophy promoted by many younger Blacks in the 1960s that supported the creation of Black-controlled political and economic institutions.






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






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






35. A functionalist approach that proposes that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in peripheral nations.






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






37. Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society.






38. The social institution that relies on a recognized set of procedures for implementing and achieving the goals of a group.






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






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






41. 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.






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






43. A term used by Parsons and Bales to refer to emphasis on tasks - focus on more distant goals - and a concern for the external relationship between one's family and other social institutions.






44. A relationship between two variables whereby a change in one coincides with a change in the other.






45. 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.






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






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






48. Open - stated - and conscious functions.






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






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






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