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






2. Preparing for future roles






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






4. Occupation within social structures or institutions






5. 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






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






7. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






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






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






11. Informational jobs






12. Material items that indicate one's status






13. A cluster of people within a larger group who choose to interact primarily with one another






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






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






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






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






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






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

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

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21. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






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






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






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






25. Realization of flaws






26. Process that teaches culture to group members






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






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






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






30. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






31. Informal culture taught in school in preparation for later in life






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






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






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






35. To much stuff






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






37. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






38. Leading by being highly permissive






39. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






40. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






41. A cluster of people within a larger group who choose to interact primarily with one another






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






43. 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






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






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






46. All the statuses






47. To much stuff






48. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






49. Violations of the law by young people under 18 years old






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