Across
- 2. hypothesis a hypothesis, first advanced by Edward Sapir in 1929 and subsequently developed by Benjamin Whorf, that the structure of a language determines a native speaker's perception and categorization of experience.
- 4. a mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation.
- 6. are actual or threatened punishments
- 8. are a fundamental concept in the social sciences. They are most commonly defined as rules or expectations that are socially enforced.
- 9. is the ability to learn and transmit behavioral traditions from one generation to the next by the invention of things that exist entirely in the symbolic realm.
- 10. a way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm
- 13. a cultural group within a larger culture, often having beliefs or interests at variance with those of the larger culture.
- 15. shock is an experience a person may have when one moves to a cultural environment which is different from one's own
- 17. a social or religious custom prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing.
- 18. apply one's own culture or ethnicity as a frame of reference to judge other cultures, practices, behaviors, beliefs, and people, instead of using the standards of the particular culture involved.
- 21. is the aspect of social reality grounded in the objects and architecture that surround people.
- 23. are a culture's standard for discerning what is good and just in society
- 24. the traditional behavior or way of life of a particular community or group of people.
Down
- 1. are rewards given for conforming to norms
- 3. a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning.
- 5. Thoughts or ideas that make up a culture are called the non-material culture. In contrast to material culture, non-material culture does not include any physical objects or artifacts
- 7. are those values we hold which form the foundation on which we perform work and conduct ourselves.
- 10. is the process by which different cultures approach each other as a result of travel and communication.
- 11. the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
- 12. a relatively slower advance or change of one aspect of a culture especially
- 14. is the idea that a person's beliefs and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture.
- 16. the essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a community.
- 19. is a social reaction of approval or disapproval in response to someone's actions
- 20. the principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture
- 22. is the spreading out and merging of pieces from different cultures