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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. A funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






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






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






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






25. (enculturation)






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






27. Rites with the body present






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






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






30. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Funeral rites with the body not present






38. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






39. Living or happening in the same period






40. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






42. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






46. Being unknown






47. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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