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Sociology Vocab

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






2. A process by which a person learns the norms of his culture by observation of others in his society.






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






4. Of or characteristic of the present or recent times; not ancient - often used to






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






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






7. Rites with the body present






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






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






10. A funeral rite that deviates from the normal or prescribed






11. An all-inclusive term used to encompass all funerals and/or memorial






12. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






14. Of or characteristic of the present or recent times; not ancient - often used to






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






16. A funeral rite that deviates from the normal or prescribed






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






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






19. The offspring or children of a specific set of parents






20. The upward or downward movement of a person or family within the social classes of their society






21. 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






22. A division - or smaller identifiable unit of culture - connected to that culture






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






24. Pertaining to demography; the science of vital statistics or of births -






25. The combustion of a dead human body to its essential inorganic elements by rapid oxidation






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






27. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






36. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






40. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






41. A funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that






42. Living or happening in the same period






43. Rites with the body present






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






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






46. The acquisition of the culture by a person through deliberate instruction by other members of that society






47. The change from rural to urban in character






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






49. The method by which the social values are internalized






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







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