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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Conformity to establish or maintain a relationship with a person or group






2. Two or more people who interact with one another and identify with one another






3. Leading by being highly permissive






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






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






6. The framework (patterns) or society






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






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






9. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






10. We learn deviance from social ties with a deviant group or subculture






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






12. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






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






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






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






17. We learn deviance from social ties with a deviant group or subculture






18. Committing crime after released from prison






19. Occupation within social structures or institutions






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






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






22. Informational jobs






23. Someone who influences other people






24. Two or more people who interact with one another and identify with one another






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






26. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






27. For those who feel they can't reach the cultural goals by institutional means there are Four Deviant Paths: a) Innovators b) Ritualists c) Retreatists d) Rebels

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






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






30. Direct contact with clients - customers - patients or students by workers.






31. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






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






34. Social positions earned or obtained






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






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






37. Based on pasturing of animals






38. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






39. Large movement of people from country to city






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






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






42. A system of providing goods and services






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






44. All the statuses






45. The violation of norms written into law






46. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






47. A prediction that causes itself to come true






48. 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')






49. 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






50. Realization of flaws