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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Impersonal relationships that involve only limited parts of one's personality






2. Authority based on an individual's outstanding traits - which attract followers






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






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






5. Status set that society sees as mismatched






6. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






7. Opportunities for crimes that are woven into the texture of life






8. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






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






10. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






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






12. Social unity based on consensus of values and norms or conformity - and dependence on traditional family






13. The goal of a leader within a group






14. People who are roughly the same age and interests






15. All the statuses






16. A type of economy where you live off the land






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






18. Relationships that are intimate - personal - caring and fulfilling






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






20. A group of just two people






21. Ways in which people express their leadership






22. A cluster of people within a larger group who choose to interact primarily with one another






23. Incarceration - rehabilitation institutions (cut off from the rest of society to reform)






24. Persons influencing each others behavior






25. Unity based on specialized rules that society depend on one another






26. The sense of solidarity or loyalty that individuals feel toward a group to which they belong






27. Efforts to manage behavior to create a publicly observable and appropriate display of emotion (self control)






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






29. 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






30. Any violation of rules or norms






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

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32. Exacting moral vengeance by inflicting suffering on an offender comparable to that caused by the offense ('An eye for an eye')






33. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






34. The sense of solidarity or loyalty that individuals feel toward a group to which they belong






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






36. The degree to which we will alter our attitudes and/or behaviors to fit into our perceived expectations of what is appropriate for our status or group






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






38. Relationships that do not provide much support or social cohesion






39. Based on information services and high technology






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






41. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






42. Exacting moral vengeance by inflicting suffering on an offender comparable to that caused by the offense ('An eye for an eye')






43. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






44. 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






45. Tonnie's term for the type of society characterized by weak family ties - competition - and impersonal social relationships






46. 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






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






48. The behaviors - obligations - and privileges attached to specific status






49. The ability to get your way - even over the resistance of others






50. Power that is illegitimate - that people do not accept as rightly exercised over them