Sociology Unit 2

2. Language is our guide to reality (Hypothesis of linguistic relativity).
6. The creation of new cultural elements.
9. Norms that, if violated, demand serious punishment by a group or a divine being.
11. A better understanding of something already known.
14. The spread of cultural elements from one culture to another.
16. Stated that anything can be accepted if norms approve of it.
17. Norms that cover ordinary ways of thinking but lack morality.
18. Simple, biologically inherited, automatic reactions to physical stimuli.
19. Rules that define behavior in a society.

1. Norms with morality and are crucial to how well a society functions.
3. Humans are born with some predisposition.
4. Found the importance of competing values that traditionally follow in our daily lives today.
5. Norms that are formally defined by authority/the government.
7. Genetic factors that link to personality traits.
8. No sharp line between human and non-human animals.
10. Biologically inherited to reduce discomfort.
12. A group of people who live in a defined territory and participate in common culture.
13. Knowledge, language, values, customs, and physical objects passed from generation to generation.
15. Ideas or thoughts that are held dear to most people. Society considers it desirable.