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






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






3. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






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






5. Informational jobs






6. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






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






8. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






9. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






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. Social groups - institutions - individuals that provide socialization situations






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






13. Based on large scale agriculture






14. A group of just two people






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






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






17. 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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18. Conformity to establish or maintain a relationship with a person or group






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






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






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






22. Moving people form cities to the edge of the city.






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






24. Someone who influences other people






25. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






26. The stages of our life from birth to death






27. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






28. People who are roughly the same age and interests






29. Leading by trying to reach consensus






30. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






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

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32. When a person has two or more competing roles






33. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






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






35. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






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






37. ID - Ego - super ego






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






39. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






40. The violation of norms written into law






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






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






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






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






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






46. The stages of our life from birth to death






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






48. Based on pasturing of animals






49. Virtual transitions between status






50. Committing crime after released from prison