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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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1. Leading by being highly permissive






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






3. Life through drama or stage 'eyes'






4. The degree to which we will alter our attitudes and/or behaviors to fit into our perceived expectations of what is appropriate for our status or group






5. Committing crime after released from prison






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

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7. Techniques to salvage a performance






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






9. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






10. Ways in which people express their leadership






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






12. The ability to choose which rules to enforce for whom and for when






13. Based on information services and high technology






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






15. Process that teaches culture to group members






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






17. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






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






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






20. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






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






22. Based on pasturing of animals






23. People who are roughly the same age and interests






24. The stages of our life from birth to death






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






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






27. The ability to choose which rules to enforce for whom and for when






28. What they actually did






29. Realization of flaws






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






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






32. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






33. Status set that society sees as mismatched






34. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






35. Relationships that cross social barriers






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






37. You choose to have a government to constrain disruptive individual choices - for an orderly society and benefits provided






38. The people who join together to reach a goal






39. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






40. Preparing for future roles






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






42. Leading by giving orders






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






44. The violation of norms written into law






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






46. Effort to control others thought of us through self presentation and performance






47. What the audience sees






48. Leading by being highly permissive






49. Someone who influences other people






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