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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Informal culture taught in school in preparation for later in life






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






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






4. Convicted offender stays in the community with regular supervision and conditions of behavior






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






6. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






7. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






9. The violation of norms written into law






10. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






11. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






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






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






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






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






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

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17. An individual adopts the beliefs or actions of a group and makes them his or her own






18. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






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






20. 1. stability increases 2. intimacy decreases - 3. formality increases - 4. smaller subgroups form - 5. responsibility is diffused






21. Crimes more commonly committed by lower class people on the streets of their communities






22. Occupation within social structures or institutions






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






24. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






25. Ways in which people express their leadership






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






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






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






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






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






31. A status that identifies us - is always relevant and affects other statuses.






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






33. To much stuff






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






35. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






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






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






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






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






40. The goal of a leader within a group






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






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






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






44. Virtual transitions between status






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






46. ID - Ego - super ego






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






48. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






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






50. Any violation of rules or norms