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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Realization of flaws






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






3. Virtual transitions between status






4. Efforts to manage behavior to create a publicly observable and appropriate display of emotion (self control)






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






6. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






7. Tonnie's term for the type of society characterized by weak family ties - competition - and impersonal social relationships






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






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






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






11. What the culture raises up as what all members should strive to achieve or possess






12. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






14. 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






15. What the audience sees






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






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






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






19. The important expectations of a particular person that a child wishes to please the generalized other - The expectations of a society taken into account when shaping their own behavior






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






21. Assumptions of people's personality






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






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






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






25. Efforts to manage behavior to create a publicly observable and appropriate display of emotion (self control)






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






27. 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






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






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






30. Using one's social networks for some form of gain






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






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






33. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






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






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






37. Large movement of people from country to city






38. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






39. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






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






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






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






43. Status set that society sees as mismatched






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






45. The sense of solidarity or loyalty that individuals feel toward a group to which they belong






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






47. People who are roughly the same age and interests






48. The goal of a leader within a group






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






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