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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Leading by giving orders






2. Power that people consider legitimate - as rightly exercised over them






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






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






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






6. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






7. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






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






9. A group of just two people






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






11. Any violation of rules or norms






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






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






14. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






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






17. Based on pasturing of animals






18. Large movement of people from country to city






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






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






21. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






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






23. Leading by trying to reach consensus






24. Exacting moral vengeance by inflicting suffering on an offender comparable to that caused by the offense ('An eye for an eye')






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






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






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






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






29. Relationships that do not provide much support or social cohesion






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






31. Relationships that do not provide much support or social cohesion






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






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






34. Based on information services and high technology






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






36. Authority based on custom






37. Assumptions of people's personality






38. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






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






40. 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






41. Status set that society sees as mismatched






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






43. Occupation within social structures or institutions






44. Virtual transitions between status






45. Based on large scale agriculture






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






47. Authority based on custom






48. 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






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






50. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'