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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A cluster of people within a larger group who choose to interact primarily with one another






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






3. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






4. Informal culture taught in school in preparation for later in life






5. A place where we can reveal our true feelings - beliefs and rehearsal or performances






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






7. Based on information services and high technology






8. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






9. Incarceration - rehabilitation institutions (cut off from the rest of society to reform)






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






11. The stages of our life from birth to death






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






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






14. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






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






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






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






18. The ability to get your way - even over the resistance of others






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






20. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






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






22. 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






23. A system of providing goods and services






24. Tonnie's term for the type of society characterized by weak family ties - competition - and impersonal social relationships






25. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






26. 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






27. An isolated act of deviance: deviance is not part of one's lifestyle or self-image






28. Process that teaches culture to group members






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






30. What the audience sees






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






32. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






33. The stages of our life from birth to death






34. What they actually did






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






36. An isolated act of deviance: deviance is not part of one's lifestyle or self-image






37. 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')






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






39. How self is developed in the three stages; imitation stage - play stage - game stage






40. The death penalty






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






42. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






43. The framework (patterns) or society






44. Ways in which people express their leadership






45. Ways in which people express their leadership






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






47. Relationships that do not provide much support or social cohesion






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






49. What the audience sees






50. Informational jobs