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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hunting an gathering society - pastoral society - horticultural society - agrarian society - industrial society - post-industrial society






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






3. Any violation of rules or norms






4. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






5. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






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






7. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






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






9. 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






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






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






12. People who are roughly the same age and interests






13. A group of just two people






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






15. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






17. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






18. In text book






19. Large movement of people from country to city






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






21. The violation of norms written into law






22. Opportunities for crimes that are woven into the texture of life






23. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






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






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






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






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






28. Authority based on an individual's outstanding traits - which attract followers






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






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

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






32. The web of relationships that joins a person to other people and groups






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






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






35. A prediction that causes itself to come true






36. 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






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






38. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






39. How self is developed in the three stages; imitation stage - play stage - game stage






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






41. 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






42. Based on pasturing of animals






43. The framework (patterns) or society






44. Assumptions of people's personality






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






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






47. 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')






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






49. The goal of a leader within a group






50. Social positions earned or obtained