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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A temporary public gathering of individuals who share a common focus; members might interact but will not remain in contact






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






3. Leaving a role






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Based on information services and high technology






10. 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






11. 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






12. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






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






14. What the audience sees






15. What the culture raises up as what all members should strive to achieve or possess






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

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17. Based on large scale agriculture






18. Techniques to salvage a performance






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






20. Large movement of people from country to city






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






22. The violation of norms written into law






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

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25. The people who join together to reach a goal






26. The stages of our life from birth to death






27. Status set that society sees as mismatched






28. The people who join together to reach a goal






29. Inmates released from prison to serve the rest of their sentence under supervision in the community






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






31. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






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






33. ID - Ego - super ego






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






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






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






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






38. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






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






40. A group of just two people






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






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






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






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






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






46. The behaviors - obligations - and privileges attached to specific status






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






48. Based on information services and high technology






49. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






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







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