Test your basic knowledge |

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. The goal of a leader within a group






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






3. Leading by giving orders






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






5. Based on information services and high technology






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






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






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






9. In text book






10. The way society sets children onto different courses in their way of life due to male/ female






11. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






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






13. Authority based on custom






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






15. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






16. Relationships that cross social barriers






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






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






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






20. Committing crime after released from prison






21. When a person has two or more competing roles






22. Based on information services and high technology






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






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






25. Leading by trying to reach consensus






26. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






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






28. Someone who influences other people






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






30. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






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






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






33. What all humans share that makes us distinct form other species and does not derive from our social environment.






34. All the statuses






35. Techniques to salvage a performance






36. Process that teaches culture to group members






37. Any violation of rules or norms






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

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


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






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






41. 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






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






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






44. People who share a similar attribute or characteristic [variable] but do not necessarily interact with one another






45. A system of providing goods and services






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






47. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






48. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






49. Authority based on custom






50. Domestic revolution (plants and animal) - agricultural revolution (the plow) - industrial revolution (steam engine) - informational revolution (micro chips)