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CLEP Sociology

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. A sociological approach that assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.






3. A status that dominates others and thereby determines a person's general position within society.






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






5. Behavior that occurs when work benefits are made contingent on sexual favors (as a 'quid pro quo') or when touching - lewd comments - or appearance of pornographic material creates a 'hostile environment' in the workplace.






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






7. Organized collective activities that promote autonomy and self-determination as well as improvements in the quality of life.






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






9. The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.






10. In sociology - a set of statements that seeks to explain problems - actions - or behavior.






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






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






13. The most technologically advanced form of preindustrial society. Members are primarily engaged in the production of food but increase their crop yield through such innovations as the plow.






14. Max Weber's term for power made legitimate by law.






15. The number of new cases of a specific disorder occurring within a given population during a stated period of time.






16. A term used by Bowles and Gintis to refer to the tendency of schools to promote the values expected of individuals in each social class and to prepare students for the types of jobs typically held by members of their class.






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






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






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






20. A Marxist theory that views racial subordination in the United States as a manifestation of the class system inherent in capitalism.






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






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






23. Someone who - through day-to-day personal contacts and communication - influences the opinions and discussions of others.






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






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






26. The process of mentally assuming the perspective of another - thereby enabling one to respond from that imagined viewpoint.






27. Mutual respect between the various groups in a society for one another's cultures - which allows minorities to express their own cultures without experiencing prejudice.






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






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






30. Numerous ways that people with access to the Internet can do business from their computers.






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






32. Continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.






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






34. The difference between births and deaths - plus the difference between immigrants and emigrants - per 1 -000 population.






35. The relationship between a condition or variable and a particular consequence - with one event leading to the other.






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






37. A selection from a larger population that is statistically representative of that population.






38. The average number of children born alive to a woman - assuming that she conforms to current fertility rates.






39. 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.






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






41. Organizations established on the basis of common interest - whose members volunteer or even pay to participate.






42. The notion that criminal victimization increases when there is a convergence of motivated offenders and suitable targets.






43. 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.






44. The respect and admiration that an occupation holds in a society.






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






46. The far-reaching process by which a society moves from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristic of more developed societies.






47. Research that relies on what is seen in the field or naturalistic settings more than on statistical data.






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






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






50. The incidence of death in a given population.