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Sociology Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






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






15. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






18. The method by which the social values are internalized






19. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






20. Specified methods of procedure






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






22. Being unknown






23. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






24. Rites with the body present






25. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






26. 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






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






28. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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