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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The change from rural to urban in character






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






3. Must behavior that dictates the individual must abstain from certain acts






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






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






6. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






7. Dealing with agriculture






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






9. 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






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






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






12. Funeral rites with the body not present






13. The change from rural to urban in character






14. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






18. Being unknown






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






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






21. An event that allows those who have something in common with each






22. Rites with the body present






23. A culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of: 1) sacred beliefs -






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






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






26. Must behavior that dictates the individual must abstain from certain acts






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






28. Funeral rites with the body not present






29. Specified methods of procedure






30. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






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






33. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






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






37. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






40. Being unknown






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






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






43. Any acton performed during a rite which may or may not have symbolic meaning to the participants or observer of the acftion






44. 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






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






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






47. Rites with the body present






48. (enculturation)






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






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