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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Behaviors which are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society






2. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






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






5. Dealing with agriculture






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






7. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






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






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






14. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






18. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






21. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






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






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






26. The state or quality of being mobile; the ability to move from place to place






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






28. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






37. (enculturation)






38. (enculturation)






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






40. Being unknown






41. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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