Unit 2 Vocab Crossword

5. Shared rules of conduct that tell people how to act in specific situations
9. The interactive process by which we develop an image of ourselves based on how we imagine we appear to others
11. The interactive process through which people learn the basic skills, values, beliefs, and behavior patterns of a society
12. Shared products of human groups, which include both physical objects and the beliefs, values, and behaviors shared by the group
16. A group of interdependent people who have organized in such a way as to share a common culture and feeling of unity
17. The behavior – the rights and obligations – expected of someone occupying a particular status
18. The physical maturing that makes an individual capable of sexual reproduction
19. The operation of culture within the individual (socialization)
20. A socially defined position in a group or in a society

1. A break with past experiences and learning new values and norms
2. Written rules of conduct enacted and enforced by the government
3. Extreme self-centeredness
4. Each person is born without a personality and that we only acquire our personality as a result of our social experience
6. Tendency to view one’s own culture and group as superior to all others
7. The sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are characteristic of an individual
8. A capacity to learn a particular skill or acquire a specific body of knowledge
10. Taking on or pretending to take on the role of others
13. A group with its own unique values, norms, and behaviors that exist within a larger culture
14. A social interaction similar to dating but with the sole purpose of eventual marriage
15. The shared beliefs about what is good or bad, right or wrong, desirable or undesirable