ACROSS

1. Sociological investigation which concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.

4. The study of the physical features of nature and the ways in which they interact and change.

7. The systematic study of behavior and human groups

9. (perspective)A sociological approach which emphasizes the way that parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.

11. Unconscious or unintended functions; hidden purposes

14. Estrangement or disassociation from the surrounding society.

15. The sending of messages (communication) through the use of posture, facial expressions, and gestures.

DOWN

1 .Sociological investigation which stresses study of small groups and often uses laboratory experimental studies.

2. (perspective)A sociological approach which assumes that social behavior is best understood in terms of conflict or tension between competing groups.

3. (perspective) A sociological approach which generalizes about fundamental or everyday forms of social interaction.

5. The study of various aspects of human society.

6. An element of a process of society that may disrupt a social system or leas to a decrease in stability.

8. The process of a series of clashes between conflicting ideas and forces.

10. The German word for "understanding" or "insight"; used to stress the need for sociologists to take into account people's emotions, thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes.

12. Open, stated, and conscious functions

13. The loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.