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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Conformity to establish or maintain a relationship with a person or group






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






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






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






5. Committing crime after released from prison






6. What the audience sees






7. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






8. The stages of our life from birth to death






9. A system of providing goods and services






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






11. To much stuff






12. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






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






14. Based on pasturing of animals






15. The goal of a leader within a group






16. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






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






18. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






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






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. Creates unity - maintains harmony (socio-emotional)






26. Material items that indicate one's status






27. The people who are emotionally close and know each other well






28. In text book






29. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






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






32. What the audience sees






33. The stages of our life from birth to death






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






35. 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






36. Conformity to establish or maintain a relationship with a person or group






37. Leading by being highly permissive






38. Realization of flaws






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






40. What they actually did






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






42. Committing crime after released from prison






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






44. Creating specialization of subsystems and institutions within the social structure






45. 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






46. Incarceration - rehabilitation institutions (cut off from the rest of society to reform)






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

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






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






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