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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 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






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






3. Someone who influences other people






4. Ways in which people express their leadership






5. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






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






7. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






8. The ways in which individuals affect groups and the ways in which groups influence individuals






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






10. What they actually did






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






12. Leading by being highly permissive






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






14. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






15. Social unity based on consensus of values and norms or conformity - and dependence on traditional family






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






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






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






19. Impersonal relationships that involve only limited parts of one's personality






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






21. Assumptions of people's personality






22. A temporary public gathering of individuals who share a common focus; members might interact but will not remain in contact






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






24. The stages of our life from birth to death






25. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






26. In text book






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






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






29. 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






30. Status set that society sees as mismatched






31. Authority based on custom






32. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






33. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






34. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






35. A system of providing goods and services






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






37. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






38. The people who join together to reach a goal






39. Virtual transitions between status






40. 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')






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






42. Virtual transitions between status






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






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






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

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46. Someone who influences other people






47. The framework (patterns) or society






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






49. Occupation within social structures or institutions






50. Authority based on custom