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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Status set that society sees as mismatched






2. Crimes more commonly committed by lower class people on the streets of their communities






3. Preparing for future roles






4. A system of providing goods and services






5. Leading by trying to reach consensus






6. When a society makes major changes to its social structure and how it relates to the environment






7. The social mechanisms that regulate a person's actions






8. Guides group towards reaching goals (task-oriented)






9. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






10. A) The elite group members make up the laws b) The elite group members structure society so that they have more opportunities than others c) Discretion benefits the elite in all parts of the criminal justice system d) The oppressed must organize to r






11. People who share a physical location but do not have lasting (or any) social relationships






12. A status that identifies us - is always relevant and affects other statuses.






13. Effort to control others thought of us through self presentation and performance






14. Based on large scale agriculture






15. Re-socializing a criminal so that he or she no longer wants to do crime - but can live a non-criminal life ('Go and sin no more')






16. Conformity to establish or maintain a relationship with a person or group






17. Social positions earned or obtained






18. What they actually did






19. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






20. Inmates released from prison to serve the rest of their sentence under supervision in the community






21. Authority based on custom






22. Groups toward which one feels opposition - rivalry or hostility toward






23. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






24. Illegal acts committed by affluent - 'respectable' individuals in the course of business activities

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25. The view [developed by Howard Becker] that the labels people are given affect 1. The way others respond to that person [interaction] - and 2. their own self-concept [internalization] Thus channeling their behavior either into deviance or into conform






26. Replacing members - teaching recruits - producing industry goods and services - preserving order - maintaining a sense of purpose






27. A system of providing goods and services






28. A physical or social attribute that devalues a person's identity and discredit a person's claim to a 'normal' identity






29. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






30. A temporary public gathering of individuals who share a common focus; members might interact but will not remain in contact






31. A form of retribution by which offenders compensate their victims with money or labor






32. A group with three members






33. Leading by trying to reach consensus






34. What all humans share that makes us distinct form other species and does not derive from our social environment.






35. Social groups - institutions - individuals that provide socialization situations






36. The death penalty






37. Ways in which people express their leadership






38. Hunting an gathering society - pastoral society - horticultural society - agrarian society - industrial society - post-industrial society






39. Informational jobs






40. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






41. Any violation of rules or norms






42. When a society makes major changes to its social structure and how it relates to the environment






43. Based on information services and high technology






44. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






45. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






46. An individual adopts the beliefs or actions of a group and makes them his or her own






47. What the culture raises up as what all members should strive to achieve or possess






48. Domestic revolution (plants and animal) - agricultural revolution (the plow) - industrial revolution (steam engine) - informational revolution (micro chips)






49. Power that people consider legitimate - as rightly exercised over them






50. Illegal acts committed by affluent - 'respectable' individuals in the course of business activities

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