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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






2. 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






3. The degree to which we will alter our attitudes and/or behaviors to fit into our perceived expectations of what is appropriate for our status or group






4. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






5. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






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






7. 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


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






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






10. The goal of a leader within a group






11. What the audience sees






12. Based on large scale agriculture






13. Any violation of rules or norms






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






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






16. Based on pasturing of animals






17. Committing crime after released from prison






18. Authority based on law or written rules and regulations; also called bureaucratic authority






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






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






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






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






23. Organized pattern of beliefs and behaviors centered on basic social needs






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






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






26. Informational jobs






27. A group's usual and customary social arrangements - on which its members depend and on which they base their lives






28. To much stuff






29. When a person has two or more competing roles






30. Unity based on specialized rules that society depend on one another






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






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






33. Moving people form cities to the edge of the city.






34. Creates unity - maintains harmony (socio-emotional)






35. Leading by giving orders






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






37. Status set that society sees as mismatched






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


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






40. Material items that indicate one's status






41. Efforts to manage behavior to create a publicly observable and appropriate display of emotion (self control)






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






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






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






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






46. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






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






48. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






49. The degree to which we will alter our attitudes and/or behaviors to fit into our perceived expectations of what is appropriate for our status or group






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