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Sociology Vocab

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






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






3. A funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious






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






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






6. The emotional attitude that one's own race - nation - group - or culture is






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






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






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






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






11. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






14. Categorization of people by money - prestige and power; a ranking






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






16. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






19. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






22. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






25. Ceremonies centering around transition in life from one status to






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. Rites with the body present






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






40. The mother rules the family; a woman holding a position analogous to that






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






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






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






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






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






46. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






49. (enculturation)






50. A household or family unit created by related nuclear