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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Relationships that are intimate - personal - caring and fulfilling






2. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






3. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






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






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






6. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






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






8. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






9. Occupation within social structures or institutions






10. Material items that indicate one's status






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






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






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






14. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






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






16. What the audience sees






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






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






19. Leading by being highly permissive






20. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






21. The web of relationships that joins a person to other people and groups






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






23. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






25. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






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






27. Preparing for future roles






28. The stages of our life from birth to death






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






30. When a person has two or more competing roles






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






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






33. Status set that society sees as mismatched






34. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






35. Committing crime after released from prison






36. People who share a physical location but do not have lasting (or any) social relationships






37. Effort to control others thought of us through self presentation and performance






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






39. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






40. Leading by trying to reach consensus






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






42. The web of relationships that joins a person to other people and groups






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






44. The sense of solidarity or loyalty that individuals feel toward a group to which they belong






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






46. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






47. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






48. The death penalty






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






50. An individual adopts the beliefs or actions of a group and makes them his or her own