Sociology Culture Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• dominant : the ideology that is a set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests.
• more : norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of society.
• rite : _ of passage (a ritual making the symbolic transition form one social position to another.
• informal : a norm that is generally understood but not precisely recorded.
• ethnocentrism : assumption that one's own way is the right way or normal.
• invention : combining existing cultural items into a form that did not exist before.
• law : governmental social control.
• discovery : making known the existence of an aspect of reality.
• folkway : a norm governing everyday behavior whose violation raises little concern.
• culture shock : the feeling of disorientation people experience when in different cultures.
• norm : an established standard of behavior maintained by a society.
• subculture : a segment of society that has distinct patterns and rules that are different from the patterns of larger society.
• diffusion : a cultural item spreads from group to group.
• material : this culture is the physical aspects of our daily lives.
• sanction : a penalty or reward for conduct concerning a social norm.
• values : a collective conception of what is considered good, desirable, and proper in a culture.