Culture & Society

2. a rule of behavior, the violation of which calls for strong punishment
6. a group that is part of the dominant culture but that differs from it in some important respects
7. the state of being made known
13. a process of change from one point of development to another
14. the breaking of a rule or law
15. knowledge, values, customs, and physical objects that are shared by the members of a society
16. the quality of being alike
22. to come across or meet
23. dissimilar attributes among things with common natures
24. rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior
25. norms that lack moral significance

1. a subculture deliberately and consciously opposed to certain central beliefs or attitudes of the dominant culture
3. the condition of being made up of different elements, such as racial identities, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and so on
4. broad ideas about what is good or desirable shared by people in a society
5. situated next to or nearby
8. a group of people who inhabit a specific territory and share a common culture
9. ideas about the nature of reality
10. rewards and punishments used to encourage people to follow norms
11. norms that have moral dimensions and that should be followed by members of society
12. the study of how biology influences human behavior hypothesis of
17. a norm that is formally defined and enforced by officials
18. innate (unlearned) patterns of behavior
19. automatic reaction to physical stimuli
20. impulse to reduce discomfort
21. judging others in terms of one's own cultural standards