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Subject : humanities
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1. Based on large scale agriculture






2. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






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






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






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






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






7. 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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8. The view [developed by Howard Becker] that the labels people are given affect 1. The way others respond to that person [interaction] - and 2. their own self-concept [internalization] Thus channeling their behavior either into deviance or into conform






9. 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






10. Informational jobs






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






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






13. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






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






15. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






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






17. A group of just two people






18. 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






19. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






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






21. Realization of flaws






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






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






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






25. When norms are weak - conflicting or absent






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






27. Assumptions of people's personality






28. Authority based on custom






29. 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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30. Unity based on specialized rules that society depend on one another






31. Based on information services and high technology






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






33. Occupation within social structures or institutions






34. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






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






36. Illegal acts committed by affluent - 'respectable' individuals in the course of business activities

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37. 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')






38. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






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






40. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






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






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






43. What they actually did






44. To put yourself in someone else's shoes






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






46. Dependent on hunting/gathering for survival






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






48. Replacing members - teaching recruits - producing industry goods and services - preserving order - maintaining a sense of purpose






49. Leaving a role






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