CLEP Introductory Sociology (2022/2023) Already Graded A

CLEP Introductory Sociology (2022/2023) Already Graded A achieved status A status that individuals secure on the basis of choice and competition. altruistic suicide type of suicide that occurs where ties to the group or community are considered more important than individual identity affiliation motivated when one's actions are geared to helping them join or connect with a particular social status agricultural societies Societies that cultivate large amounts of crops with the plow and other relatively advanced tools and equipment. egoistic suicide suicide that results from social isolation and individualism fatalistic suicide suicide that occurs as a result of "too much" social regulation anomic suicide Suicide that occurs as a result of "too little" social regulation anomie A social condition in which people find it difficult to guide their behavior by norms they experience as weak, unclear, or conflicting. ascribed status social position a person receives at birth or involuntarily later in life status a social position that a person holds status set all the statuses a person holds at a given time. Sociology study of the evolution, development, and functioning of human society social change the transformation of culture and social institutions over time social control a group's formal and informal means of enforcing its norms social hierarchy The division of society by rank or class social mobility a change in position within the social hierarchy social movement a widely shared demand for change in some aspect of the social or political order social stratification a system by which a society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy Socialization the process by which people, especially children