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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Authority based on custom






2. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






3. A group of just two people






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






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






6. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






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






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






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






10. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






11. Based on information services and high technology






12. Incarceration - rehabilitation institutions (cut off from the rest of society to reform)






13. The social mechanisms that regulate a person's actions






14. Unity based on specialized rules that society depend on one another






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






16. Relationships that cross social barriers






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






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






19. In text book






20. Based on large scale agriculture






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






22. The violation of norms written into law






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






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






25. Based on information services and high technology






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






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






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






29. Occupation within social structures or institutions






30. Large movement of people from country to city






31. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






32. A prediction that causes itself to come true






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






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






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






36. ID - Ego - super ego






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






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

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






40. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






41. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






42. Virtual transitions between status






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






44. Large movement of people from country to city






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






46. Relationships that do not provide much support or social cohesion






47. Realization of flaws






48. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






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






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