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






2. The behaviors - obligations - and privileges attached to specific status






3. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






4. Any violation of rules or norms






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






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






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






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






9. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






10. Authority based on custom






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






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






13. In text book






14. A type of economy where you live off the land






15. Assumptions of people's personality






16. Based on pasturing of animals






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






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






19. Persons influencing each others behavior






20. Someone who influences other people






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






22. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






23. Process that teaches culture to group members






24. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






25. Material items that indicate one's status






26. When a person has two or more competing roles






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






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. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






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






31. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






32. Leaving a role






33. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






34. Authority based on custom






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






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






37. Status set that society sees as mismatched






38. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






39. Based on large scale agriculture






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






41. Process that teaches culture to group members






42. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






43. Replacing members - teaching recruits - producing industry goods and services - preserving order - maintaining a sense of purpose






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






45. A system of providing goods and services






46. Assigned status given without consent ( female - daughter - sister ect.)






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






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






49. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






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