Sociology Vocab by Ella Salvino and Riley Thole

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Across
  1. 2. Disciplines that study human social behavior or institutions & functions of human society
  2. 6. Looks at large scale interactions, like social stability and change
  3. 9. How the social environment affects an individual’s behavior and personality
  4. 12. A description of the essential characteristics of society
  5. 13. Verstehen, ideal type, society’s effect on individuals
  6. 15. Negative consequences an element has
  7. 18. Competition and change
  8. 19. Functional views of sociology has been influential to modern American sociology, developed country’s first university sociology course
  9. 21. How individuals interact with one another in society
  10. 23. Founder of sociology, 2 areas of study, practiced “cerebral hygiene”
  11. 25. Assumptions about the nature of things
  12. 26. Unintended and unrecognized
  13. 27. How people use symbols when interacting
  14. 29. Organization and operation of government
  15. 30. Study which focuses on how people use symbols when interacting, especially in child development, relationships, and mate selection
Down
  1. 1. Observable facts or events that involve human society
  2. 3. Looks at small scale interactions, like between individuals
  3. 4. Believed structure of society is influenced by how the economy is organized, society has 2 classes, conflict is the primary cause of social change
  4. 5. Theory that forces in society promote competition and change
  5. 7. Focuses on the behavior of individuals
  6. 8. Connection between the larger world and your personal life
  7. 10. Look beyond common beliefs to the hidden meanings behind human actions
  8. 11. Intended and recognized consequences of elements of society
  9. 14. View that society is made of many parts which all serve a function and are necessary for the society to survive
  10. 16. Parts that work together to produce a stable social system
  11. 17. Influenced by Charles Darwin, used Darwin’s theory of evolution to describe human nature, ideas were called Social Darwinism
  12. 20. Choices people make in an effort to satisfy their needs and wants
  13. 22. How people relate to one another
  14. 24. Studies human society and social behavior
  15. 28. Anything that represents something else