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Subject : humanities
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1. Informational jobs






2. Difficulties tying to fulfill the expectations of a role






3. A system of providing goods and services






4. Assigned status given without consent ( female - daughter - sister ect.)






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






6. Realization of flaws






7. People who share a similar attribute or characteristic [variable] but do not necessarily interact with one another






8. Techniques to salvage a performance






9. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






11. Means of communication designed to reach the general population






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






13. People who share a similar attribute or characteristic [variable] but do not necessarily interact with one another






14. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






15. What they actually did






16. 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






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






18. Conformity to gain reward or avoid punishment






19. The goal of a leader within a group






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






21. Group decisions that are made without objective thought






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






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






24. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






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






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






27. 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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28. Process of replacing previous norms with new ones






29. Persons influencing each others behavior






30. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






31. The people who join together to reach a goal






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Leading by being highly permissive






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






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






41. All the statuses






42. Leaving a role






43. Process that teaches culture to group members






44. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






45. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






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






48. Unity based on specialized rules that society depend on one another






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






50. Means of communication designed to reach the general population







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