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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






3. Organized pattern of beliefs and behaviors centered on basic social needs






4. Based on large scale agriculture






5. The violation of norms written into law






6. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






7. Leading by trying to reach consensus






8. Leading by giving orders






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






10. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






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






12. 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')






13. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






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






15. To much stuff






16. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






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






18. Based on information services and high technology






19. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






20. Process that teaches culture to group members






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






22. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






23. Leaving a role






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






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






26. Status set that society sees as mismatched






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






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






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






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






31. (Merton's) Strain Theory - Conflict theory - Differential Association - Labeling Theory






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






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

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34. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






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






36. ID - Ego - super ego






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






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






39. How self is developed in the three stages; imitation stage - play stage - game stage






40. Authority based on custom






41. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






42. Material items that indicate one's status






43. A system of providing goods and services






44. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






45. Any violation of rules or norms






46. Occupation within social structures or institutions






47. Relationships that do not provide much support or social cohesion






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






49. Leading by giving orders






50. To much stuff