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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






2. A prediction that causes itself to come true






3. The stages of our life from birth to death






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






5. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






6. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






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






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






10. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






11. The death penalty






12. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






13. A system of providing goods and services






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






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






16. Ways in which people express their leadership






17. ID - Ego - super ego






18. Based on information services and high technology






19. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






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






21. 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






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






23. The legal - available opportunities and resources the society provides for success






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






25. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






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






27. Large movement of people from country to city






28. The sense of solidarity or loyalty that individuals feel toward a group to which they belong






29. Ways in which people express their leadership






30. A prediction that causes itself to come true






31. A type of economy where you live off the land






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






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






34. The death penalty






35. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






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






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






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






39. Leading by giving orders






40. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






41. A physical or social attribute that devalues a person's identity and discredit a person's claim to a 'normal' identity






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






43. Techniques to salvage a performance






44. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






45. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






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






48. Leaving a role






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






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