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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Creating specialization of subsystems and institutions within the social structure






2. A system of providing goods and services






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






4. Techniques to salvage a performance






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






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






7. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






8. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






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






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






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






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






13. Using one's social networks for some form of gain






14. In text book






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






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






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






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






19. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






20. Large movement of people from country to city






21. What the audience sees






22. Leading by being highly permissive






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






24. When a person has two or more competing roles






25. The death penalty






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






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






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






29. The sense of solidarity or loyalty that individuals feel toward a group to which they belong






30. What the audience sees






31. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






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






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






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






35. Deviance becomes part of one's lifestyle or self-image because the person accepts the label of 'deviant'






36. Authority based on custom






37. A group with three members






38. Committing crime after released from prison






39. Informal culture taught in school in preparation for later in life






40. Preparing for future roles






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






42. Process that teaches culture to group members






43. All the statuses






44. Based on large scale agriculture






45. Status set that society sees as mismatched






46. Social positions earned or obtained






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






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






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






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