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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Authority based on custom






2. Techniques to salvage a performance






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






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






5. Large movement of people from country to city






6. ID - Ego - super ego






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






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






9. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






10. 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






11. When a person has two or more competing roles






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






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






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






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






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






17. Material items that indicate one's status






18. Large movement of people from country to city






19. For those who feel they can't reach the cultural goals by institutional means there are Four Deviant Paths: a) Innovators b) Ritualists c) Retreatists d) Rebels

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






21. Authority based on custom






22. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






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






25. Preventing an act by producing fear of the consequences of the act ('crime does not pay')






26. Someone who influences other people






27. All the statuses






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






29. Effort to control others thought of us through self presentation and performance






30. All the statuses






31. The alignment of some members of a group against others






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






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






34. Persons influencing each others behavior






35. Virtual transitions between status






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






37. A group with three members






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






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






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






41. The alignment of some members of a group against others






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






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






44. 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






45. What they actually did






46. Based on large scale agriculture






47. Committing crime after released from prison






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






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






50. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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