Across
- 2. the condition of being made up of different elements, such as racial identities, ethnicities, religious beliefs, and so on
- 7. groupings of people who share a social characteristic, such as age, gender, race, or religion
- 9. cultural guidelines that group members claim to accept and publicly embrace, but are not always followed
- 11. knowledge, values, customs, and physical objects that are shared by the members of a society
- 15. the concrete, tangible objects of a culture; how we relate to physical objects
- 16. a subculture deliberately and consciously opposed to certain central beliefs or attitudes of the dominant culture
- 17. norms that lack moral significance; for example, sleeping on the bed instead of the floor
- 18. norms that have moral dimensions and that should be followed by members of a society; for example, the idea that you should not hurt people
- 21. rewards and punishments used to encourage people to follow norms
- 23. the breaking of a rule or law
- 25. rewards or punishments that can be applied by most members of a group
- 27. automatic reaction to physical stimuli; for example, our eyes adjusting to bright light
- 28. ideas, knowledge, and beliefs that influence people’s behavior
Down
- 1. theory stating that our idea of reality depends largely upon language
- 3. the impulse to reduce discomfort; for example, the desire to eat, sleep, or interrelate
- 4. the most serious mores; a rule of behavior, the violation of which calls for strong punishment
- 5. a group that is part of the dominant culture but differs from it in some important respects, most typically in beliefs and interests
- 6. broad ideas about what is good or desirable, shared by people in a society
- 8. the actual behavior patterns of members of a group, which sometimes conflict with cultural guidelines
- 10. innate (not learned) patterns of behavior; for example, the fight-or-flight response
- 12. the ways in which a culture expresses universal traits, in their own unique manner
- 13. ideas about the nature of reality
- 14. general cultural traits that exist in all cultures, such as family, sports, cooking, music, and much more
- 19. judging others in terms of one’s own personal cultural standards, typically unconsciously
- 20. a rule defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior
- 21. the study of how biology influences human behavior
- 22. a group of people who inhabit a specific territory and share a common culture
- 24. a norm that is formally defined and enforced by officials; for example, murder is illegal
- 26. sanctions imposed by persons given special authority