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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A physical or social attribute that devalues a person's identity and discredit a person's claim to a 'normal' identity






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






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






4. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






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






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






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






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






9. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






10. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






11. Material items that indicate one's status






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






13. 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






14. Virtual transitions between status






15. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






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






18. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






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






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






21. Leading by being highly permissive






22. Material items that indicate one's status






23. Understand and recognize Stanley Milgram's Teacher-Learner experiment

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

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






26. Based on information services and high technology






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. The goal of a leader within a group






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






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






31. What they actually did






32. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






33. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






34. Leading by giving orders






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






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






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






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






39. To much stuff






40. A group of just two people






41. ID - Ego - super ego






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






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






44. Techniques to salvage a performance






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






46. What they actually did






47. Moving people form cities to the edge of the city.






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






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






50. Relationships that are intimate - personal - caring and fulfilling