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CLEP Sociology Study Hub 2026
Learn the concepts in plain language, check your recall with a full flashcard deck, and use two realistic practice tests to find exactly what to review next.
14 chapters · 112 lessons · 431 flashcards
Two Full-Length CLEP Sociology Practice Tests
These are two distinct 100-question forms built around the five public content areas. Take one in a single 90-minute sitting, submit it, then use the full explanation report to decide what to review.
CLEP Sociology Practice Test 1
Start with this balanced diagnostic. It samples institutions, social patterns, social processes, stratification, and the sociological perspective in the same proportions shown in the public exam outline.
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CLEP Sociology Practice Test 2
Use this independent form after review. It has no repeated question stems from Test 1, so it gives you a cleaner check of understanding, pace, and readiness.
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Each form is publisher-created practice, not an official CLEP exam or a scaled-score report. CLEP and College Board do not endorse these materials.
Choose your next move
New to sociology? Begin with Chapter 1. Already studying? Take a practice test first, then use your missed questions to choose the lessons that deserve another pass.
Every CLEP Sociology lesson
Open the exact topic you need. Each lesson is tied to the current book structure and returns you to this hub.
112 lessons
Chapter 1: The Sociological Imagination and the Origins of Sociology
Chapter 2: Theories and Levels of Analysis
Chapter 3: Sociological Research and Data Reasoning
Chapter 4: Culture
Chapter 5: Socialization and the Self
Chapter 6: Social Interaction, Groups, and Organizations
Chapter 7: Deviance and Social Control
- Deviance, Crime, Harm, and Social Definition
- Social Control and Sanctions
- Durkheim, Functions, and Anomie
- Merton's Strain Theory and Adaptations
- Differential Association and Social Learning
- Hirschi's Social Bond Theory
- Labeling, Stigma, and Secondary Deviance
- Conflict, White-Collar Crime, and Corporate Power
- Crime Data, the Dark Figure, and Justice Patterns
Chapter 8: Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Social Change
- Collective Behavior and Routine Organization
- Contagion, Convergence, and Emergent Norms
- Crowds, Publics, and Masses
- Rumors, Fads, Fashions, and Mass Behavior
- Disasters and Collective Response
- From Collective Behavior to Social Movements
- Relative Deprivation
- Resource Mobilization
- Political Opportunity and Framing
- Movement Stages and Outcomes
- What Produces Social Change?
- Cultural Lag, Modernization, and Globalization
Chapter 9: Social Class, Work, Power, and Mobility
- Stratification, Life Chances, and Unequal Dimensions
- Slavery, Caste, Estate, and Class Systems
- SES, Income, Wealth, Debt, and Prestige
- Absolute Poverty, Relative Poverty, and Measurement
- Why Inequality Persists
- Work, Occupations, Professions, and Segmented Labor Markets
- Power, Authority, Pluralism, and Elites
- Mobility, Opportunity Structures, and Mobility Tables
Chapter 10: Race and Ethnic Relations
- Race as a Social Construction
- Ethnicity and Minority-Group Status
- Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
- Racism, Institutional Discrimination, and Privilege
- Patterns of Intergroup Relations
- Why Prejudice and Conflict Develop
- Double Consciousness and Intersectionality
- Studying Inequality Responsibly
Chapter 11: Sex, Gender, and Aging
Chapter 12: Family and Religion
- Family, Household, Kinship, and Family Position
- Descent, Residence, and Authority
- Marriage Forms, Boundaries, and Partner Similarity
- Family Change, Cohabitation, Divorce, and the Second Shift
- Functionalist, Conflict, Feminist, and Interactionist Views of Family
- Religion, Ritual, and Classical Perspectives
- Ecclesia, Church, Denomination, Sect, and New Religious Movement
- Secularization, Religious Change, and Civil Religion
Chapter 13: Education, Economy, Politics, and Health
- Education as a Social Institution
- Tracking, Hidden Curriculum, Credentials, and Unequal Signals
- Functionalist, Conflict, and Interactionist Views of Education
- Capitalism, Socialism, Mixed Economies, and Postindustrial Change
- Division of Labor, Alienation, Labor Markets, and Professions
- Power, Authority, Government, and the State
- Bureaucracy, Pluralism, Elite Theory, and the Power Elite
- Health Disparities, the Sick Role, and Medicalization
- Incidence, Prevalence, and the Organization of Health Care
Chapter 14: Demography, Urbanization, Community, and Environment
- Demography, Population Size, Composition, and Distribution
- Rates, Fertility, Mortality, and Reader-Friendly Calculations
- Migration, Direction, Selection, and Policy
- Population Pyramids, Cohorts, and Dependency Ratios
- Demographic Transition and the Population-Resource Debate
- Urbanization, Urban Growth, Suburbanization, and Metropolitan Regions
- Community, Gemeinschaft, and Gesellschaft
- Human Ecology and Urban Spatial Models
- Collective Action, Environmental Inequality, and Environmental Racism
- Sustainable Development and Population-Urban-Environment Synthesis
Use the hub like a tutor
Read one lesson, close it, and explain the central idea without looking. Then give one example and one tempting nonexample. If that feels shaky, use the flashcards for quick retrieval before returning to practice questions.
Ready for an honest check?
Take Practice Test 1 in one sitting. When you finish, use the explanations and lesson directory to build a focused repair list instead of rereading everything.
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