Sociology 3 Vocab

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Across
  1. 2. study of how biology influences human behavior
  2. 5. groupings of persons who share a social characteristic
  3. 8. norms that have moral dimensions and that should be followed by members of the society
  4. 10. broad ideas about what is good or desirable shared by people in a society
  5. 11. the concrete, tangible objects of a culture
  6. 13. Sanctions rewards or punishments that can be applied by most members of a group
  7. 16. sanctions imposed by persons given special authority
  8. 17. ideas about the nature of reality
  9. 19. innate patterns of behavior
  10. 20. automatic reaction to physical stimuli
  11. 21. subculture deliberately and consciously opposed to certain central beliefs or attitudes of the dominant culture
  12. 22. rewards and punishments used to encourage people to follow norms
  13. 23. general cultural traits that exist in all cultures
  14. 24. a group of people who inhabit a specific territory and share a common culture
  15. 25. a rule of behavior, the violation of which calls for strong punishment
Down
  1. 1. the ways in which a culture expresses universal traits
  2. 3. theory stating that our idea or reality depends largely upon language
  3. 4. actual behavior patterns of members of a group
  4. 6. cultural guidelines that group members claim to accept
  5. 7. group that is part of the dominant culture but that differs from it in some important respects
  6. 9. impulse to reduce discomfort
  7. 12. a norm that is formally defined and enforced by officials
  8. 14. ideas, knowledge, and beliefs that influence people's behavior
  9. 15. judging others in terms of one's own cultural standards
  10. 18. norms that lack moral significance