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Sociology
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Subject
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humanities
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The death penalty
three parts of the self
capital punishment
urbanization
Understand and recognize Solomon Asch's experiment on group conformity
2. Someone who influences other people
horticultural society
leader
social order
tact
3. Leaving a role
social capital
group dynamics
role exit
Mead: the self and role taking
4. A prediction that causes itself to come true
looking glass self
front stage
Self-fulfilling prophecy
crime
5. Occupation within social structures or institutions
three parts of the self
status
labeling theory
anomie
6. A temporary public gathering of individuals who share a common focus; members might interact but will not remain in contact
coalititon
social category
crowd
status inconsistency
7. The social mechanisms that regulate a person's actions
hidden curriculum
The effect of group size: As the group grows larger
social control
social capital
8. ID - Ego - super ego
three parts of the self
Deterrence
White-collar ('occupational') crime
juvenile crime
9. Where all things are equal. (rights - beliefs ect.)
egalitarian
three parts of the self
post-industrial society
tact
10. Tonnie's term for the type of society characterized by weak family ties - competition - and impersonal social relationships
human nature
primary groups
gesellschaft
out-groups
11. The alignment of some members of a group against others
weak ties
conformity
coalititon
leadership types
12. When a society makes major changes to its social structure and how it relates to the environment
societal transformation
authority
internalization
groupthink
13. In text book
instrumental leader
find nature nurture debate
Four purposes of punishment
knowledge work
14. Relationships that cross social barriers
social order
social revolution
bridging ties
discretion
15. A self concept based on our perceptions of how others may have judged us
the particular other
Differential Association
looking glass self
three parts of the self
16. Guides group towards reaching goals (task-oriented)
internalization
parole
instrumental leader
traditional authority
17. Crimes more commonly committed by lower class people on the streets of their communities
tact
street crime
group dynamics
achieved status
18. Status set that society sees as mismatched
status inconsistency
surplus
master status
Differential Association
19. Based on pasturing of animals
6 types of societies
pastoral society
clique
emotion work
20. Inmates released from prison to serve the rest of their sentence under supervision in the community
anomie
looking glass self
parole
role exit
21. Conformity to establish or maintain a relationship with a person or group
authority
theories deviance
identification
social interaction
22. Informational jobs
secondary groups
internalization
knowledge work
service work
23. Authority based on an individual's outstanding traits - which attract followers
Rehabilitation
Five major tasks of groups (and societies)
charismatic authority
social structure
24. The goal of a leader within a group
emotion work
leadership types
Retribution
discretion
25. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships
social capital
gemeinschaft
gender socialization
Laissez-faire leadership:
26. Using one's social networks for some form of gain
internalization
networking
conformity
stigma
27. What the audience sees
hunting and gathering
front stage
status set
parole
28. Social norms about expressions - emotions - and acceptable - desirable feelings in any situation
Self-fulfilling prophecy
feeling rules
6 types of societies
capital punishment
29. Two or more people who interact with one another and identify with one another
Laissez-faire leadership:
social groups
in-groups
street crime
30. Convicted offender stays in the community with regular supervision and conditions of behavior
probation
Deterrence
mass media
leadership types
31. 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
a right of passage
gesellschaft
groupthink
Conflict theory
32. Informational jobs
knowledge work
organic solidarity
secondary relationships
compliance
33. Direct contact with clients - customers - patients or students by workers.
service work
backstage
find nature nurture debate
authority
34. Also called 'societal protection' protecting the public by preventing a criminal from doing a crime again either through imprisonment or execution
agrarian society
Incapacitation
dramaturgy
criminal justice system
35. Replacing members - teaching recruits - producing industry goods and services - preserving order - maintaining a sense of purpose
social structure
5 major group tasks
reference groups
urbanization
36. The ability to choose which rules to enforce for whom and for when
social revolution
discretion
bridging ties
the particular other
37. Informal culture taught in school in preparation for later in life
hidden curriculum
White-collar ('occupational') crime
Four purposes of punishment
looking glass self
38. Direct contact with clients - customers - patients or students by workers.
stigma
social groups
dramaturgy
service work
39. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion
triad
bonding ties
coalititon
(Merton's) Strain Theory
40. Organized pattern of beliefs and behaviors centered on basic social needs
social institutions
social order
Deterrence
Rehabilitation
41. The violation of norms written into law
juvenile crime
gemeinschaft
crime
organic solidarity
42. A group of just two people
internalization
dyad
status
role taking
43. The ability to get your way - even over the resistance of others
Five major tasks of groups (and societies)
secondary relationships
power
economy
44. The behaviors - obligations - and privileges attached to specific status
social structure
role
anticipatory socialization
social networking
45. Where all things are equal. (rights - beliefs ect.)
egalitarian
studied non-observance
post-industrial society
status
46. How self is developed in the three stages; imitation stage - play stage - game stage
authoritarion leadership
dyad
service work
Mead: the self and role taking
47. The institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal law (e.g. police - courts and correctional system.
sub urbanization
criminal justice system
recidivism
group dynamics
48. Leading by giving orders
achieved status
deviance
authoritarion leadership
White-collar ('occupational') crime
49. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival
human nature
hunting and gathering
Coercion
status inconsistency
50. Any violation of rules or norms
theory of social contract
triad
deviance
anticipatory socialization