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Subject : humanities
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1. The framework (patterns) or society






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






3. What they actually did






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






5. 1. stability increases 2. intimacy decreases - 3. formality increases - 4. smaller subgroups form - 5. responsibility is diffused






6. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






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






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






9. Assumptions of people's personality






10. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






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






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






13. 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')






14. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






15. In text book






16. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






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






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






19. Someone who influences other people






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






21. Organized pattern of beliefs and behaviors centered on basic social needs






22. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






23. Techniques to salvage a performance






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






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






26. 1. stability increases 2. intimacy decreases - 3. formality increases - 4. smaller subgroups form - 5. responsibility is diffused






27. The ability to choose which rules to enforce for whom and for when






28. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






29. The people who join together to reach a goal






30. Ways in which people express their leadership






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






32. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






33. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






34. 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






35. A physical or social attribute that devalues a person's identity and discredit a person's claim to a 'normal' identity






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






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






38. Leading by trying to reach consensus






39. The stages of our life from birth to death






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






41. Realization of flaws






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






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






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






45. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






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






47. People who are roughly the same age and interests






48. Informational jobs






49. Material items that indicate one's status






50. Someone who influences other people






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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