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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. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






2. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






3. Someone who influences other people






4. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






5. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






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






7. 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






8. Conformity to establish or maintain a relationship with a person or group






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






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






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






12. When a society makes major changes to its social structure and how it relates to the environment






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






14. 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






15. Social norms about expressions - emotions - and acceptable - desirable feelings in any situation






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






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






18. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






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






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






22. 1. stability increases 2. intimacy decreases - 3. formality increases - 4. smaller subgroups form - 5. responsibility is diffused






23. Large movement of people from country to city






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






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






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






27. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






28. The violation of norms written into law






29. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






30. The stages of our life from birth to death






31. The framework (patterns) or society






32. A prediction that causes itself to come true






33. Relationships that cross social barriers






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






35. Ways in which people express their leadership






36. All the statuses






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






38. Any violation of rules or norms






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






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






41. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






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






43. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






44. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






45. Committing crime after released from prison






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






47. The framework (patterns) or society






48. Any violation of rules or norms






49. The stages of our life from birth to death






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