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






2. 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






3. Social positions earned or obtained






4. Virtual transitions between status






5. Leading by trying to reach consensus






6. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






8. The stages of our life from birth to death






9. Informal culture taught in school in preparation for later in life






10. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






11. Ways in which people express their leadership






12. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






13. To much stuff






14. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






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






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






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






18. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






19. When a person has two or more competing roles






20. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






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






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






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






24. 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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25. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






26. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






27. Authority based on custom






28. Relationships that cross social barriers






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






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






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






32. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






33. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






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






35. A) The elite group members make up the laws b) The elite group members structure society so that they have more opportunities than others c) Discretion benefits the elite in all parts of the criminal justice system d) The oppressed must organize to r






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






37. A prediction that causes itself to come true






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






39. A group with three members






40. A group of just two people






41. Status set that society sees as mismatched






42. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






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






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






45. Impersonal relationships that involve only limited parts of one's personality






46. 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






47. Realization of flaws






48. Based on information services and high technology






49. Ways in which people express their leadership






50. All the statuses