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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. The offspring or children of a specific set of parents






2. Behaviors which are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society






3. A household - or family unit consisting of one man and one woman






4. The science of social groups; the processes that tend to maintain or changethese forms of organizations and the relations between groups and individuals






5. Social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people.






6. The emotional attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent.






7. Funeral rites with the body not present






8. A group of persons forming a single community with some interests in






9. The study of death derived from the name thanatos - God of Death






10. Must-behavior; the basic and important patterns of ideas and acts of a people as






11. A household or family unit consisting of one adult - either male or






12. Any single action or series of actions performed during a rite which contains symbolic meanins to the participants and observers of the rite.






13. One who participates in an event simply by listening and observing rather than by overt actions






14. Any society which exists in a stage of develpment prior to the invention of the written word in their culture






15. Immediate disposition of the body with no form or funeral rite at the time of disposition






16. Existential (relating to - or dealing with existense) statements about the physical and social world






17. Existential (relating to - or dealing with existense) statements about the physical and social world






18. A social grouping in which members possess roughly equivalent culturally valued






19. Things to which socially created meaning is given






20. A pholosyphy of care where a home-like atmosphere is provided for the termianally ill allowing for the family to be close at the time of death






21. Male and female have equal rights - duties and governing power.






22. A household or family unit created by one male and one female from their previous marriages as well as children from the present marriage






23. Individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacture of goods






24. A philosophy which contends that one must seek life's meaning or fulfillment in the future rather than in the past or present






25. A household or family unit consisting of father and mother - all






26. A must behavior not necessarily a basic or important pattern of a people (related to






27. The father rules the family; power is passed to the oldest male child






28. Rites of funeralization usually assoicated with pre-literature societies






29. Two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the same living quarters.






30. Behaviors which are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society






31. Specified methods of procedure






32. A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly invovled; one which ahs been altered to suit the trends of the times






33. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






34. The method by which the social values are internalized






35. The emotional attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent.






36. Like abstract patterns of and for living and dying - which are






37. Dealing with agriculture






38. The tendency of offspring to move away from the area in which they were






39. Rites with the body present






40. Specified methods of procedure






41. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






42. Things to which socially created meaning is given






43. The process of the emergence of personal charateristics and behavioral phenomena through endogenous growth processes.






44. Any disposition of human remains - which is completely devoid






45. The creation of a system which governs through departments and






46. (enculturation)






47. Being unknown






48. Any of the basic divisions or groups of humankind distinguished by customs -






49. Living or happening in the same period






50. Individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacture of goods