HSP Introduction

5. The process by which we learn certain behaviours, skills, and values that are deemed important by society.
11. A sociologist who created the idea of Functional Theory; a sociological theory which says that a society is either functional or dysfunctional based on its ability to meet the needs of its members.
12. Ideas or perspectives used to explain things.
14. A subset of psychology which focuses on the inherited human tendencies.
15. A subset of psychology which focuses on our thinking.
16. An anthropologist who studied the Inuit people of Canada and argued that each culture should be judged based on their own standards and the standards of Western culture.
18. Our conduct and/or our actions.

1. The scientific study of behaviour and mental processes.
2. A sociologist who was most interested in studying how people act when they are placed in different roles and situations.
3. The study of the lives and cultures of human beings, alive or dead.
4. The feeling that the lifestyle, values, and patterns of adaptation of one's own group are superior to those of other groups.
6. A type of learning in which an animal or human responds to a stimulus in a way that normally does not bring about that response.
7. The creator of conflict theory; a sociological theory which states that societies are comprised of many groups competing for power.
8. A subfield of anthropology which studies the thinking and communication patterns of primates from our distant past.
9. The abilities, ideas, and behaviours people have acquired to become a part of society.
10. A psychologist known for his experiments in which a bell was rung every time he fed a dog.
13. The systematic study of human social life, groups, and societies.
17. A psychologist who studied the effects of early childhood experiences on our behaviour.