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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. To much stuff






2. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






4. In text book






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






6. Material items that indicate one's status






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






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






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






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






11. Assumptions of people's personality






12. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






13. Organized pattern of beliefs and behaviors centered on basic social needs






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






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






16. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






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






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


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






20. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






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






22. The framework (patterns) or society






23. 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






24. Virtual transitions between status






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






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






27. The individual and collective resources available to a person through his or her social networks






28. A self concept based on our perceptions of how others may have judged us






29. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






30. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






31. A self concept based on our perceptions of how others may have judged us






32. Creates unity - maintains harmony (socio-emotional)






33. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






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






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






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






37. Leading by trying to reach consensus






38. Creates unity - maintains harmony (socio-emotional)






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






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






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






42. A prediction that causes itself to come true






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






44. Leading by trying to reach consensus






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






46. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






47. Based on information services and high technology






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






49. Where all things are equal. (rights - beliefs ect.)






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