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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. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






3. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






4. 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






5. Leaving a role






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






7. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






8. Authority based on custom






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






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


11. Large movement of people from country to city






12. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






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






15. The alignment of some members of a group against others






16. ID - Ego - super ego






17. A prediction that causes itself to come true






18. The goal of a leader within a group






19. Virtual transitions between status






20. Leading by giving orders






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






22. Any violation of rules or norms






23. Large movement of people from country to city






24. Based on information services and high technology






25. People who share a physical location but do not have lasting (or any) social relationships






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






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






28. All the statuses






29. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






30. Based on pasturing of animals






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






40. Status set that society sees as mismatched






41. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






42. Committing crime after released from prison






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






44. Someone who influences other people






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






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






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


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






49. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






50. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance