Sociological Concepts Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• status : recognizable social position that an individual occupies
• assimilation : the blending of fusing of minority groups into the dominant society.
• folkways : the customs or conventions of daily life
• taboo : strong negative norm, strict prohibition of the behavior
• mores : social norms that are widely observed and are considered to have greater moral significance than others
• durkheim : published suicide, which examined how and individual's acts are influenced by society
• conflict theory : the idea that conflict between competing interests is the basic, animating force of social change and society in general
• ethnocentrism : the belief that one’s own culture or group is superior to others, and the tendency to view all other cultures from the perspective of one’s own
• status set : all the statuses one holds simultaneously
• master status : one status within a set that stands out or overrides all others
• gender roles : sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany one’s status as male or female
• conformity : behavior that matches group expectations.