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






2. Re-socializing a criminal so that he or she no longer wants to do crime - but can live a non-criminal life ('Go and sin no more')






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






4. Two or more people who interact with one another and identify with one another






5. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






6. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






7. Virtual transitions between status






8. The violation of norms written into law






9. A prediction that causes itself to come true






10. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






11. ID - Ego - super ego






12. Assumptions of people's personality






13. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






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






15. 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






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






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






18. Informational jobs






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






20. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






21. Techniques to salvage a performance






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






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






24. Leading by giving orders






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






26. A) The elite group members make up the laws b) The elite group members structure society so that they have more opportunities than others c) Discretion benefits the elite in all parts of the criminal justice system d) The oppressed must organize to r






27. Social positions earned or obtained






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






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






30. In text book






31. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






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






33. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






34. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






35. To much stuff






36. The death penalty






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






38. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






39. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






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






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






43. Where all things are equal. (rights - beliefs ect.)






44. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






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






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






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






48. Crimes more commonly committed by lower class people on the streets of their communities






49. People who are roughly the same age and interests






50. What the audience sees