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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. The framework (patterns) or society






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

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3. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






4. Guides group towards reaching goals (task-oriented)






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






6. Someone who influences other people






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






8. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






9. The framework (patterns) or society






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






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






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






13. Any violation of rules or norms






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






15. Authority based on custom






16. Ways in which people express their leadership






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






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






19. Relationships that cross social barriers






20. Based on large scale agriculture






21. The people who are emotionally close and know each other well






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






29. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






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






31. What the audience sees






32. Material items that indicate one's status






33. Ways in which people express their leadership






34. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






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






36. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






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






38. 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






39. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






40. A system of providing goods and services






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






42. Leading by giving orders






43. What they actually did






44. Assigned status given without consent ( female - daughter - sister ect.)






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






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






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






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






49. A group with three members






50. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion