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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A place where we can reveal our true feelings - beliefs and rehearsal or performances






2. A group of just two people






3. Relationships that cross social barriers






4. Leaving a role






5. What the audience sees






6. Realization of flaws






7. Process that teaches culture to group members






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






9. Leading by being highly permissive






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






11. All the statuses






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






13. 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


14. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






15. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






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






17. The death penalty






18. Occupation within social structures or institutions






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






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






21. The ability to get your way - even over the resistance of others






22. Any violation of rules or norms






23. A type of economy where you live off the land






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






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






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






27. What the audience sees






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






29. The violation of norms written into law






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






31. Assumptions of people's personality






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






33. The violation of norms written into law






34. You choose to have a government to constrain disruptive individual choices - for an orderly society and benefits provided






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






36. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






38. The people who join together to reach a goal






39. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






40. 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






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






42. Process that teaches culture to group members






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






44. To much stuff






45. Large movement of people from country to city






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


47. The framework (patterns) or society






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






49. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






50. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones