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Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Unity based on specialized rules that society depend on one another






2. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






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






4. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






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






6. Social positions earned or obtained






7. A prediction that causes itself to come true






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






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






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






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






12. The behaviors - obligations - and privileges attached to specific status






13. Exacting moral vengeance by inflicting suffering on an offender comparable to that caused by the offense ('An eye for an eye')






14. Someone who influences other people






15. Status set that society sees as mismatched






16. Relationships that cross social barriers






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






18. A group of just two people






19. Authority based on custom






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






21. The stages of our life from birth to death






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






23. Based on pasturing of animals






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






25. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






26. An isolated act of deviance: deviance is not part of one's lifestyle or self-image






27. The ways in which individuals affect groups and the ways in which groups influence individuals






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

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






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






31. Preparing for future roles






32. To much stuff






33. Based on information services and high technology






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






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






36. Ways in which people express their leadership






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






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






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






40. For those who feel they can't reach the cultural goals by institutional means there are Four Deviant Paths: a) Innovators b) Ritualists c) Retreatists d) Rebels

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41. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






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






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






45. To much stuff






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






47. ID - Ego - super ego






48. Persons influencing each others behavior






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






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