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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Virtual transitions between status






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






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






4. The social mechanisms that regulate a person's actions






5. A group of just two people






6. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






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






8. What the culture raises up as what all members should strive to achieve or possess






9. Convicted offender stays in the community with regular supervision and conditions of behavior






10. The people who join together to reach a goal






11. Based on information services and high technology






12. A system of providing goods and services






13. ID - Ego - super ego






14. A group with three members






15. When a person has two or more competing roles






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






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






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






19. The degree to which we will alter our attitudes and/or behaviors to fit into our perceived expectations of what is appropriate for our status or group






20. Large movement of people from country to city






21. Material items that indicate one's status






22. When a society makes major changes to its social structure and how it relates to the environment






23. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






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






25. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






31. In text book






32. Leading by giving orders






33. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






34. A place where we can reveal our true feelings - beliefs and rehearsal or performances






35. Social positions earned or obtained






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






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






38. What they actually did






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






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






41. Committing crime after released from prison






42. Leading by giving orders






43. Based on information services and high technology






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






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






46. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






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






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






49. What the audience sees






50. A form of retribution by which offenders compensate their victims with money or labor