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