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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Power that is illegitimate - that people do not accept as rightly exercised over them






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






3. Persons influencing each others behavior






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






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






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






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






8. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






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






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






11. The framework (patterns) or society






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






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






14. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






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






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






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






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






19. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






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






21. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






22. Based on large scale agriculture






23. Occupation within social structures or institutions






24. How self is developed in the three stages; imitation stage - play stage - game stage






25. Based on information services and high technology






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






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






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

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29. All the statuses






30. To much stuff






31. Preparing for future roles






32. When a person has two or more competing roles






33. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






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






35. Social unity based on consensus of values and norms or conformity - and dependence on traditional family






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






37. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






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






39. Informational jobs






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






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






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






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

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44. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






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






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






47. What the audience sees






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






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






50. Ways in which people express their leadership