Exam One

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Across
  1. 4. A condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power.
  2. 5. This type of society features information technology and service jobs, and computers are a vital feature.
  3. 7. It encompasses all that we say, know, make, and do in our efforts to survive and thrive.
  4. 10. Sociological perspective primarily sees inequality in our society and emphasizes the way groups compete over resources, like money and power.
  5. 11. structure refers to the social patterns through which a society is organized, including the interrelated social institutions found in a society, social groups and associated patterns of group behavior, as well as statuses that individuals assume within social groups and the roles played in relation to these statuses.
  6. 13. The process of adopting new behavioral patterns in place of old ones as one moves through different transitions and stages of life.
  7. 18. A group within a larger culture who participate in the broader culture, yet have cultural traits that are differ and are unique.
  8. 20. An artificially created situation that allows a researcher to manipulate variables.
  9. 21. In the classic debate, this refers to social influences that explain why humans develop the way they do - or “become human.”
  10. 22. theoretical perspective that focuses on social interaction and how much of our reality is socially constructed through interaction.
  11. 24. The other group when the in-group competes with members of another group for various kinds of rewards.
  12. 25. Nonmaterial element of culture that represents what is desirable for people.
Down
  1. 1. A research method in which information is gathered by watching people.
  2. 2. “Hypothesis” that argues that the language we use shapes our perception of reality. (The answer is the hyphenation of the two theorists’ names.)
  3. 3. A period of disorientation an individual feels when they enter into a new cultural setting.
  4. 6. The ways in which people act with other people and react to how other people are acting.
  5. 8. Practice of comparing another culture to one’s own culture and often believing one’s own culture is superior.
  6. 9. Made up of integrated and persistent social networks dedicated to ensuring that society’s core needs are met.
  7. 12. A system of shared symbols; it includes speech, written characters, numerals, symbols, and nonverbal gestures and expressions that is the foundation of culture.
  8. 14. A problem affecting many individuals the source of which lies in the social structure and culture of a society
  9. 15. Process by which people learn their culture.
  10. 16. Standards and expectations for behaving.
  11. 17. of socialization Family, schools and peers are all considered these, because they teach us cultural beliefs, values and norms.
  12. 19. When group members quickly agree on some course of action without thinking completely of alternatives.
  13. 23. A group of people who share a common culture and social organization, and who live in a defined geographic area.