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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






2. Efforts to manage behavior to create a publicly observable and appropriate display of emotion (self control)






3. 1. Replacing members 2. Teaching recruits 3. Producing and distributing goods and services 4. Preserving order 5. Providing and maintaining a sense of purpose






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






5. A prediction that causes itself to come true






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






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






8. ID - Ego - super ego






9. Informational jobs






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






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






12. Informational jobs






13. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






14. Leading by trying to reach consensus






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






16. Committing crime after released from prison






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






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






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






20. Ways in which people express their leadership






21. The death penalty






22. All the statuses






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






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






25. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






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






27. Leading by trying to reach consensus






28. The death penalty






29. The people who join together to reach a goal






30. The framework (patterns) or society






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






32. Virtual transitions between status






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






34. A group with three members






35. Leaving a role






36. The stages of our life from birth to death






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






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






39. The view [developed by Howard Becker] that the labels people are given affect 1. The way others respond to that person [interaction] - and 2. their own self-concept [internalization] Thus channeling their behavior either into deviance or into conform






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






41. Persons influencing each others behavior






42. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






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






44. A temporary public gathering of individuals who share a common focus; members might interact but will not remain in contact






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






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






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






48. The violation of norms written into law






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






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