Midterm Exam Study Guide

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Across
  1. 2. This kind of status that is assigned, or not easily changed.
  2. 4. This refers to social influences that determine our human behavior.
  3. 5. Process by which people learn their culture.
  4. 6. A science in which sociologists engage in organized and systematic study of phenomena to enhance understanding of the interdependence between individuals and society.
  5. 9. A research method in which information is gathered by watching people.
  6. 11. Drug policies, like the Rockefeller laws and mandatory minimums, that created the highest prison population in the world are part of this approach.
  7. 12. Social positions we occupy relative to others.
  8. 13. Type of society in which industry is no longer a big part of the economy, and information and service shape the type of work people do.
  9. 14. A group within a larger culture who participate in the broader culture, yet have cultural traits that are differ and are unique.
  10. 15. The other group when the in-group competes with members of another group for various kinds of rewards.
  11. 16. A problem affecting many individuals the source of which lies in the social structure and culture of a society
  12. 19. Systematic way of studying a phenomenon, starting with choosing a topic and ending with results.
  13. 23. Sociological perspective that emphasizes the distribution of power and the allocation of resources.
  14. 25. Behavior that violates a group's norms
  15. 26. The process of adopting new behavioral patterns in place of old ones as one moves through different transitions and stages of life.
Down
  1. 1. A period of disorientation an individual feels when they enter into a new cultural setting.
  2. 3. theoretical perspective that focuses on social interaction and socialization in order to explain society as a whole.
  3. 7. An artificially created situation that allows a researcher to manipulate variables.
  4. 8. Nonmaterial element of culture that represents what is desirable for people.
  5. 10. A condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power
  6. 17. Practice of comparing another culture to one’s own culture and often believing one’s own culture is superior.
  7. 18. A reciprocal exchange in which two or more people red, react and respond to each other.
  8. 19. “Hypothesis” that argues that the language we use shapes our perception of reality. (The answer is the hyphenation of the two theorists’ names.)
  9. 20. The expectations as to how to act in society.
  10. 21. Term refers to going along with the preferences of one's peers
  11. 22. It encompasses all that we say, know, make, and do in our efforts to survive and thrive
  12. 24. 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.