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Subject : humanities
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1. The stages of our life from birth to death






2. In text book






3. What they actually did






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






5. Social positions earned or obtained






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






7. Social groups - institutions - individuals that provide socialization situations






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






9. Assumptions of people's personality






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






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






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






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






14. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






15. To much stuff






16. A system of providing goods and services






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






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






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






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






21. People who are roughly the same age and interests






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






23. Status set that society sees as mismatched






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






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






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






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






28. ID - Ego - super ego






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






30. Informational jobs






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






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






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






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






35. When a person has two or more competing roles






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






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

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38. Based on pasturing of animals






39. Authority based on custom






40. Leaving a role






41. 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')






42. The people who are emotionally close and know each other well






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






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






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






46. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






47. All the statuses






48. The death penalty






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






50. Based on large scale agriculture