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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Leading by being highly permissive






2. Violations of the law by young people under 18 years old






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






4. Material items that indicate one's status






5. Techniques to salvage a performance






6. Social positions earned or obtained






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






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






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






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






11. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






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






13. To much stuff






14. Leading by giving orders






15. A cluster of people within a larger group who choose to interact primarily with one another






16. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






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






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






19. Tonnie's term for the type of society characterized by weak family ties - competition - and impersonal social relationships






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

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






22. 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






23. Relationships that cross social barriers






24. Opportunities for crimes that are woven into the texture of life






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






26. Also called 'societal protection' protecting the public by preventing a criminal from doing a crime again either through imprisonment or execution






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






28. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






29. The goal of a leader within a group






30. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






31. 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')






32. Techniques to salvage a performance






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






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






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






36. ID - Ego - super ego






37. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






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






40. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






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






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






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






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






45. The individual and collective resources available to a person through his or her social networks






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

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47. Groups' expectations for the norms of boys vs. girls






48. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






50. Ways in which people express their leadership






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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