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






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






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






4. The way society sets children onto different courses in their way of life due to male/ female






5. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






7. What the audience sees






8. What they actually did






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






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






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






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






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






14. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






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






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






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






18. Power that people consider legitimate - as rightly exercised over them






19. Social positions earned or obtained






20. A prediction that causes itself to come true






21. Based on harnessing machines powered by fuel






22. Leading by being highly permissive






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






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






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






26. Virtual transitions between status






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






28. A self concept based on our perceptions of how others may have judged us






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






30. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






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






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






33. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






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






35. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






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

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37. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






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






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






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






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






42. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






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






44. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






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






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






47. Preparing for future roles






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






49. Social positions earned or obtained






50. Persons influencing each others behavior