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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Using one's social networks for some form of gain






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






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






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






5. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






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






7. Someone who influences other people






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






9. Relationships that cross social barriers






10. A form of retribution by which offenders compensate their victims with money or labor






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






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

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13. When a person has two or more competing roles






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






15. Leading by giving orders






16. Leading by being highly permissive






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






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






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






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






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






22. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






23. When each person does less when there are more people involved






24. Informational jobs






25. All the statuses






26. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






27. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






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






29. Persons influencing each others behavior






30. A group of just two people






31. Any violation of rules or norms






32. Based on information services and high technology






33. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






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






35. Social positions earned or obtained






36. When each person does less when there are more people involved






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






38. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






39. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






40. Based on large scale agriculture






41. A self concept based on our perceptions of how others may have judged us






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






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






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






45. To much stuff






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






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






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






49. A group of just two people






50. Material items that indicate one's status







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