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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The violation of norms written into law






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






3. We learn deviance from social ties with a deviant group or subculture






4. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






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






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






7. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






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






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






10. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






11. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






12. Leading by being highly permissive






13. Based on information services and high technology






14. The way society sets children onto different courses in their way of life due to male/ female






15. Leaving a role






16. Violations of the law by young people under 18 years old






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






18. Relationships that are intimate - personal - caring and fulfilling






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






21. What they actually did






22. A place where we can reveal our true feelings - beliefs and rehearsal or performances






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






24. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






25. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






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






27. The goal of a leader within a group






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






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






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






31. Persons influencing each others behavior






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






33. To much stuff






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






35. Based on large scale agriculture






36. What all humans share that makes us distinct form other species and does not derive from our social environment.






37. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






38. Also called 'societal protection' protecting the public by preventing a criminal from doing a crime again either through imprisonment or execution






39. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






40. Assumptions of people's personality






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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

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






49. Violations of the law by young people under 18 years old






50. A group's usual and customary social arrangements - on which its members depend and on which they base their lives