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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Relationships that are intimate - personal - caring and fulfilling






2. A system of providing goods and services






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






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






5. Assumptions of people's personality






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






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






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






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






10. Re-socializing a criminal so that he or she no longer wants to do crime - but can live a non-criminal life ('Go and sin no more')






11. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






13. A group of just two people






14. In text book






15. Someone who influences other people






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






17. ID - Ego - super ego






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






19. A group with three members






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






21. Process that teaches culture to group members






22. When a person has two or more competing roles






23. 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






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






25. Preparing for future roles






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






27. 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






28. Large movement of people from country to city






29. A group of just two people






30. Also called 'societal protection' protecting the public by preventing a criminal from doing a crime again either through imprisonment or execution






31. The goal of a leader within a group






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






33. Based on information services and high technology






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






35. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






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






37. The behaviors - obligations - and privileges attached to specific status






38. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






39. Based on pasturing of animals






40. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






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






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






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






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






45. Leaving a role






46. Re-socializing a criminal so that he or she no longer wants to do crime - but can live a non-criminal life ('Go and sin no more')






47. Committing crime after released from prison






48. Leading by being highly permissive






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






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