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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Efforts to manage behavior to create a publicly observable and appropriate display of emotion (self control)






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






3. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






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






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






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






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






8. The institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal law (e.g. police - courts and correctional system.






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

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






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






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






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






14. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






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






16. Virtual transitions between status






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






18. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






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






20. Leaving a role






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






22. Assumptions of people's personality






23. A group with three members






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

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25. 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






26. A prediction that causes itself to come true






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






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






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






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






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






32. Authority based on an individual's outstanding traits - which attract followers






33. Material items that indicate one's status






34. Social positions earned or obtained






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






36. To much stuff






37. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






38. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






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






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






41. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






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






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






45. The framework (patterns) or society






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






47. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






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






49. 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






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