Across
- 2. A group to which an individual belongs and feels loyalty or a sense of identity.
- 5. The process of replacing previously learned norms, values, behaviors, or identities with new ones, often following a major change in a person's environment or social role.
- 6. The web of social relationships connecting an individual to other people, groups, and organizations.
- 8. Mead's term for an individual's understanding of the broader expectations, rules, and attitudes of society that guide behavior.
- 11. The process of learning and practicing the behaviors, attitudes, and expectations associated with a role a person expects to have in the future.
- 12. A decision-making problem in which the desire for group agreement or harmony discourages members from questioning ideas, considering alternatives, or expressing disagreement.
- 13. A formal organization characterized by a hierarchy of authority, specialized roles, written rules and procedures, and an emphasis on efficiency.
- 14. Difficulty meeting multiple or competing expectations associated with a single social role.
- 15. Two or more people who regularly interact, share expectations or characteristics, and recognize themselves as belonging together.
- 18. The tendency for individuals to adjust their behavior, beliefs, or attitudes to match the expectations or pressures of a group.
- 19. The behaviors and expectations associated with a particular social status or position.
- 20. George Ritzer's concept describing how principles associated with fast-food restaurants—efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control—increasingly shape organizations and other areas of social life.
- 22. Charles Horton Cooley's theory that people develop their self-concept by imagining how others see and judge them and then responding to those perceived judgments.
- 23. A group to which an individual does not belong and may view as different, competing, or separate from their own group.
- 24. The earliest stage of socialization, usually occurring within the family, during which children learn basic language, behaviors, values, and social expectations.
- 25. A larger, more impersonal group usually organized around a particular activity or goal, such as a workplace, class, or organization.
Down
- 1. A situation in which the expectations of two or more social roles held by the same person interfere with one another.
- 3. A person's understanding and perception of who they are, developed partly through interaction with other people and society.
- 4. Socialization that occurs outside the family as individuals learn the expectations and behaviors associated with schools, workplaces, peer groups, organizations, and other social settings.
- 7. An organization or setting in which people are separated from wider society and many aspects of their daily lives are controlled by authorities, such as prisons or military boot camps.
- 9. A group people use as a standard for evaluating their own behavior, attitudes, achievements, or identity, even if they are not members of that group.
- 10. A small social group characterized by close, personal, long-term relationships, such as families and close friendships.
- 16. Individuals, groups, and institutions that influence how people learn society's norms and values, such as family, schools, peers, media, religion, and workplaces.
- 17. The lifelong process through which people learn the values, beliefs, norms, behaviors, and skills needed to participate in society.
- 21. George Herbert Mead's concept describing the ability to imagine oneself from another person's perspective and understand how others may think or react.