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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Based on pasturing of animals






2. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






3. 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')






4. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






5. Relationships that cross social barriers






6. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






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






8. 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






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






10. The violation of norms written into law






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






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. The alignment of some members of a group against others






14. 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')






15. A group with three members






16. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






17. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






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






19. When each person does less when there are more people involved






20. Someone who influences other people






21. A temporary public gathering of individuals who share a common focus; members might interact but will not remain in contact






22. The stages of our life from birth to death






23. Process that teaches culture to group members






24. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






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

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26. Any violation of rules or norms






27. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






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






30. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






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






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






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






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






36. ID - Ego - super ego






37. Committing crime after released from prison






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






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






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






41. The death penalty






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






43. Material items that indicate one's status






44. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






45. How self is developed in the three stages; imitation stage - play stage - game stage






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






47. The framework (patterns) or society






48. Social positions earned or obtained






49. Any violation of rules or norms






50. Committing crime after released from prison