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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The sense of solidarity or loyalty that individuals feel toward a group to which they belong






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






3. Leading by giving orders






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






5. Leading by trying to reach consensus






6. Re-socializing a criminal so that he or she no longer wants to do crime - but can live a non-criminal life ('Go and sin no more')






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






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






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






10. To much stuff






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






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






13. All the statuses






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






15. Hunting an gathering society - pastoral society - horticultural society - agrarian society - industrial society - post-industrial society






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






17. Preventing an act by producing fear of the consequences of the act ('crime does not pay')






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






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






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






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






22. Domestic revolution (plants and animal) - agricultural revolution (the plow) - industrial revolution (steam engine) - informational revolution (micro chips)






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






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






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






26. When each person does less when there are more people involved






27. Illegal acts committed by affluent - 'respectable' individuals in the course of business activities

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28. 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






29. Crimes more commonly committed by lower class people on the streets of their communities






30. The goal of a leader within a group






31. In text book






32. Someone who influences other people






33. Leading by trying to reach consensus






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






35. Assumptions of people's personality






36. Leaving a role






37. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






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






39. A status that identifies us - is always relevant and affects other statuses.






40. The violation of norms written into law






41. 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






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






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






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






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






46. In text book






47. All the statuses






48. Impersonal relationships that involve only limited parts of one's personality






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






50. The people who are emotionally close and know each other well