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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Virtual transitions between status






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






3. When a person has two or more competing roles






4. Exacting moral vengeance by inflicting suffering on an offender comparable to that caused by the offense ('An eye for an eye')






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






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






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






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






9. Based on information services and high technology






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






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






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






13. A prediction that causes itself to come true






14. The stages of our life from birth to death






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






16. Leading by trying to reach consensus






17. Authority based on custom






18. Process that teaches culture to group members






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






20. What the audience sees






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






22. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






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






24. Realization of flaws






25. Also called 'societal protection' protecting the public by preventing a criminal from doing a crime again either through imprisonment or execution






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






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






35. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






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






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






38. The institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal law (e.g. police - courts and correctional system.






39. Occupation within social structures or institutions






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






41. The institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal law (e.g. police - courts and correctional system.






42. A prediction that causes itself to come true






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






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






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






46. Based on pasturing of animals






47. Relationships that cross social barriers






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






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






50. Techniques to salvage a performance