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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Power that people consider legitimate - as rightly exercised over them






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






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






4. Techniques to salvage a performance






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






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






7. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






8. Leading by being highly permissive






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






10. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






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






12. Relationships that cross social barriers






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






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






15. Informational jobs






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






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






18. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






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






20. When a person has two or more competing roles






21. 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






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






23. Someone who influences other people






24. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






26. 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






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






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






29. Preparing for future roles






30. People who are roughly the same age and interests






31. Preparing for future roles






32. Material items that indicate one's status






33. Informational jobs






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






35. Guides group towards reaching goals (task-oriented)






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






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






38. Techniques to salvage a performance






39. In text book






40. Virtual transitions between status






41. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






42. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






43. A physical or social attribute that devalues a person's identity and discredit a person's claim to a 'normal' identity






44. Leaving a role






45. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






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






47. Occupation within social structures or institutions






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






49. Relationships that are intimate - personal - caring and fulfilling






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