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






2. Informational jobs






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






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






5. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






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






7. The stages of our life from birth to death






8. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






9. Leaving a role






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






11. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






12. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






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






14. A form of retribution by which offenders compensate their victims with money or labor






15. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






16. To much stuff






17. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






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






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






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

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






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






25. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






26. What the audience sees






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






28. Re-socializing a criminal so that he or she no longer wants to do crime - but can live a non-criminal life ('Go and sin no more')






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






30. What they actually did






31. Informal culture taught in school in preparation for later in life






32. The ability to choose which rules to enforce for whom and for when






33. Leading by being highly permissive






34. Preventing an act by producing fear of the consequences of the act ('crime does not pay')






35. A form of retribution by which offenders compensate their victims with money or labor






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






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






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






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






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






41. Based on large scale agriculture






42. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






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






44. Groups' expectations for the norms of boys vs. girls






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






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






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






48. Groups' expectations for the norms of boys vs. girls






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






50. A prediction that causes itself to come true