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






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






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






4. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






5. A prediction that causes itself to come true






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






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






8. The legal - available opportunities and resources the society provides for success






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






10. In text book






11. When a person has two or more competing roles






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






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






14. A group's usual and customary social arrangements - on which its members depend and on which they base their lives






15. The framework (patterns) or society






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Status set that society sees as mismatched






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






22. Social norms about expressions - emotions - and acceptable - desirable feelings in any situation






23. A system of providing goods and services






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






25. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






26. 1. stability increases 2. intimacy decreases - 3. formality increases - 4. smaller subgroups form - 5. responsibility is diffused






27. Someone who influences other people






28. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






29. Authority based on custom






30. Using one's social networks for some form of gain






31. Leading by giving orders






32. Creating specialization of subsystems and institutions within the social structure






33. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






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






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






36. Using one's social networks for some form of gain






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






38. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






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






40. Material items that indicate one's status






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






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






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






44. Leading by trying to reach consensus






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






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






47. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






48. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






49. 1. Replacing members 2. Teaching recruits 3. Producing and distributing goods and services 4. Preserving order 5. Providing and maintaining a sense of purpose






50. The important expectations of a particular person that a child wishes to please the generalized other - The expectations of a society taken into account when shaping their own behavior