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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. People who are roughly the same age and interests






2. Status set that society sees as mismatched






3. Leading by trying to reach consensus






4. Status set that society sees as mismatched






5. Authority based on law or written rules and regulations; also called bureaucratic authority






6. Assigned status given without consent ( female - daughter - sister ect.)






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






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






9. Understand and recognize Stanley Milgram's Teacher-Learner experiment

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10. (Merton's) Strain Theory - Conflict theory - Differential Association - Labeling Theory






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






12. The institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal law (e.g. police - courts and correctional system.






13. Groups' expectations for the norms of boys vs. girls






14. Leaving a role






15. Two or more people who interact with one another and identify with one another






16. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






17. Direct contact with clients - customers - patients or students by workers.






18. Direct contact with clients - customers - patients or students by workers.






19. How self is developed in the three stages; imitation stage - play stage - game stage






20. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






21. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






22. Informal culture taught in school in preparation for later in life






23. The way society sets children onto different courses in their way of life due to male/ female






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






25. Virtual transitions between status






26. Also called 'societal protection' protecting the public by preventing a criminal from doing a crime again either through imprisonment or execution






27. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






28. Moving people form cities to the edge of the city.






29. A place where we can reveal our true feelings - beliefs and rehearsal or performances






30. The alignment of some members of a group against others






31. You choose to have a government to constrain disruptive individual choices - for an orderly society and benefits provided






32. Techniques to salvage a performance






33. Two or more people who interact with one another and identify with one another






34. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






35. Based on large scale agriculture






36. The goal of a leader within a group






37. Deviance becomes part of one's lifestyle or self-image because the person accepts the label of 'deviant'






38. Based on pasturing of animals






39. Convicted offender stays in the community with regular supervision and conditions of behavior






40. We learn deviance from social ties with a deviant group or subculture






41. The people who join together to reach a goal






42. Based on pasturing of animals






43. A group of just two people






44. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






45. What they actually did






46. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






47. People who share a similar attribute or characteristic [variable] but do not necessarily interact with one another






48. Any violation of rules or norms






49. Violations of the law by young people under 18 years old






50. The web of relationships that joins a person to other people and groups