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Subject : humanities
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1. Virtual transitions between status






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






3. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






4. ID - Ego - super ego






5. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






6. Direct contact with clients - customers - patients or students by workers.






7. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






8. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






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






10. Informational jobs






11. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






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






14. The individual and collective resources available to a person through his or her social networks






15. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






16. Based on information services and high technology






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






18. Authority based on custom






19. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






20. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






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

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22. Preparing for future roles






23. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






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






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






26. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






27. To much stuff






28. The violation of norms written into law






29. Based on large scale agriculture






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. A prediction that causes itself to come true






40. Based on large scale agriculture






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






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






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






44. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






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






46. Relationships that cross social barriers






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






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






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






50. In text book