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






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






3. The ways in which individuals affect groups and the ways in which groups influence individuals






4. Large movement of people from country to city






5. Process that teaches culture to group members






6. A group with three members






7. 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






8. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






9. 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






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






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






12. 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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13. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






15. What they actually did






16. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






17. The stages of our life from birth to death






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






19. Social groups - institutions - individuals that provide socialization situations






20. Based on information services and high technology






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






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






23. Exacting moral vengeance by inflicting suffering on an offender comparable to that caused by the offense ('An eye for an eye')






24. Any violation of rules or norms






25. 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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26. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






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






28. Status set that society sees as mismatched






29. Techniques to salvage a performance






30. A prediction that causes itself to come true






31. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






32. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






33. When a person has two or more competing roles






34. Techniques to salvage a performance






35. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






36. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






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






39. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 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')






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






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






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






48. Any violation of rules or norms






49. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






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