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Across
  1. 5. A group within a larger culture who participate in the broader culture, yet have cultural traits that are differ and are unique.
  2. 7. Behavior that violates a group's norms
  3. 9. A research method in which information is gathered by watching people.
  4. 10. Process by which people learn their culture.
  5. 13. A period of disorientation an individual feels when they enter into a new cultural setting.
  6. 14. Drug policies, like the Rockefeller laws and mandatory minimums, that created the highest prison population in the world are part of this approach.
  7. 16. Practice of comparing another culture to one’s own culture and often believing one’s own culture is superior.
  8. 17. A science in which sociologists engage in organized and systematic study of phenomena to enhance understanding of the interdependence between individuals and society.
  9. 18. “Hypothesis” that argues that the language we use shapes our perception of reality. (The answer is the hyphenation of the two theorists’ names.)
  10. 20. structure refers to the social patterns through which a society is organized that creates a stable pattern of behavior.
  11. 21. Term refers to going along with the preferences of one's peers, or other people around them.
  12. 22. theoretical perspective that focuses on social interaction and socialization in order to explain society as a whole.
Down
  1. 1. Sociological perspective that believes society is structured to maintain stability.
  2. 2. Nonmaterial element of culture that represents what is desirable for people.
  3. 3. A problem affecting many individuals the source of which lies in the social structure and culture of a society
  4. 4. The debate between natural and social scientists about human development and how we become human.
  5. 6. 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.
  6. 8. The expectations as to how to act in society.
  7. 11. It encompasses all that we say, know, make, and do in our efforts to survive and thrive.
  8. 12. Attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants while others engaged in the same behavior are not and how some people take on behavior assigned to them.
  9. 15. The process of adopting new behavioral patterns in place of old ones as one moves through different transitions and stages of life.
  10. 19. This kind of status that is assigned, or not easily changed.