Sociology Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Scientific field that studies the social preconditions of the law and the justice system, and their effects on society.
  2. 5. Groups that are perceived to deviate from the normative standards of the dominant culture.
  3. 6. The culture of the elite and usually refers to artistic endeavors such as music, dance, theater, certain writing, architecture, etc.
  4. 8. A normal process of adapting to a new culture.
  5. 10. The beliefs that we have about what is important, both to us and to society as a whole.
  6. 12. The beliefs that people hold about reality, the norms that guide their behavior, the values that orient their moral commitments.
  7. 13. Thoughts or ideas that make up a culture.
  8. 14. Not judging a culture to our own standards of what is right or wrong, strange or normal.
  9. 15. A conviction or idea about the nature of reality that an individual or group accepts as true.
  10. 17. The notion that culture takes time to catch up with technological innovations, and the resulting social problems that are caused by this lag.
  11. 18. The set of practices, beliefs, and objects that embody the most broadly shared meanings of a social system.
  12. 20. The tendency to judge another culture by the standards of one's own culture.
  13. 22. The desire to engage in the elements of another's culture rather than one's own.
  14. 24. The specific practices that distinguish cultures from one another.
  15. 25. Social conventions that are not considered to be of moral significance by members of the group.
  16. 26. The exercise of domination in cultural relationships in which the values, practices, and meanings of a powerful foreign culture are imposed upon one or more native cultures.
  17. 27. The design and implementation of new solutions that imply conceptual, process, product, or organisational change, which ultimately aim to improve the welfare and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
  18. 28. A reaction by members of a social group indicating approval or disapproval of a mode of conduct and serving to enforce behavioral standards of the group.
  19. 29. The study of the diffusion of innovations throughout social groups and organizations.
Down
  1. 1. The aspect of social reality grounded in the objects and architecture that surround people.
  2. 3. A cultural group or subculture whose values and norms of behavior run counter to those of the region's social mainstream.
  3. 4. Groups that are perceived to deviate from the normative standards of the dominant culture.
  4. 7. A certain set of rules and standards in society that keep individuals bound to conventional standard.
  5. 9. The standards and values a society actually has, instead of pretends or tries to have.
  6. 11. A cultural group or subculture whose values and norms of behavior run counter to those of the region's social mainstream.
  7. 12. Concepts, social constructs, or patterns of behavior that are common to ALL human cultures.
  8. 16. An ongoing process that involves interconnected changes in the economic, cultural, social, and political spheres of society.
  9. 19. The forms of popular culture that have mass appeal.
  10. 21. The values, norms, and beliefs that a society desires to achieve.
  11. 23. A collection of individuals who have at least one attribute in common but otherwise do not necessarily interact.