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Subject : humanities
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1. Realization of flaws






2. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






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






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






5. Groups toward which one feels opposition - rivalry or hostility toward






6. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






8. ID - Ego - super ego






9. The social mechanisms that regulate a person's actions






10. Social positions earned or obtained






11. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






12. Material items that indicate one's status






13. ID - Ego - super ego






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






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






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






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






18. What all humans share that makes us distinct form other species and does not derive from our social environment.






19. Informational jobs






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






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






22. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






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






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






25. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






26. Material items that indicate one's status






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






28. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






29. The ways in which individuals affect groups and the ways in which groups influence individuals






30. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






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






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






33. The alignment of some members of a group against others






34. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






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






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






37. Also called 'societal protection' protecting the public by preventing a criminal from doing a crime again either through imprisonment or execution






38. Authority based on custom






39. Any violation of rules or norms






40. A temporary public gathering of individuals who share a common focus; members might interact but will not remain in contact






41. 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






42. When a person has two or more competing roles






43. Occupation within social structures or institutions






44. Leading by being highly permissive






45. Leading by trying to reach consensus






46. The framework (patterns) or society






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






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






49. Also called 'societal protection' protecting the public by preventing a criminal from doing a crime again either through imprisonment or execution






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