Sociology Midterm

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Across
  1. 1. function/ intended benefit, like school is supposed to teach one writing and reading skills
  2. 3. theory/ individuals who see life as a competition
  3. 4. group/ group linked by a shared interest, age, background. Classmates, family, etc. could be an individual's peers
  4. 8. culture/ also known as symbolic culture, and it is how a group thinks and does things, this can consist of language and gestures, values, etc.
  5. 11. analysis/ society as a whole made of connected parts, like a high school is made up of students in different cliques
  6. 12. course/ stages of life people go through from birth to death
  7. 15. status/ age is an example, no matter what status you have, you are also young or old.
  8. 16. Freud's term for the conscience
  9. 18. function/ unintended benefit, in school the student learns about social structures and relationships
  10. 19. an individual learns how society or their own group works
  11. 21. institution/ this includes boot camps, mental asylums, concentration camps, etc.
  12. 22. People with a similar culture and territory, like Americans share a Western culture
  13. 24. a norm that is not enforced, like how one should dress for a funeral or a wedding,
  14. 25. the standard behavior
  15. 27. focuses on larger societies and organizations
  16. 28. characteristics of a group that are passed from one generation to another
  17. 29. a position someone has in society, a man could be a brother, a husband, and a father.
  18. 31. growing interconnections of nations because of expanding, like immigrants and foreign exchange students
  19. 32. Freud's term for basic drives
  20. 33. conflict/ Tension in society due to different interests from different social classes
Down
  1. 2. perspective/includes conflict theory, functionalism, and symbolic interactionism
  2. 4. sanction/ getting a promotion at a job, receiving a smile from somebody, etc.
  3. 5. What an individual sees as good/bad, example being a woman wearing makeup
  4. 6. an example of this could be an American judging someone from London only from an American viewpoint
  5. 7. sanction/ a frown, a prison sentence, a speeding ticket, etc.
  6. 9. culture/ items that can identify a group of people like hairstyles, clothes, etc.
  7. 10. focuses on smaller societies and organizations
  8. 13. who an individual is and how they see themselves
  9. 14. Study of social behavior and society
  10. 15. strictly enforced norm, like no public nudity or not driving 70 miles an hour in a residential area
  11. 17. relativism/ an individual trying to understand another's culture from the perspective of the other's culture.
  12. 20. interactionism/ such as a high-five being a form of greeting
  13. 23. Freud's term for balancing force of id and what society wants
  14. 26. strong norm, people are disgusted if it is violated, abortion and polygamy are examples.
  15. 29. symbol/ cars and houses, just items that reflect status.
  16. 30. structure/ how people and groups can be related to one another
  17. 31. behaviors that are either feminine or masculine