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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. An event that allows those who have something in common with each






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






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






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






5. (enculturation)






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






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






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






9. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






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






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






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






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






15. The change from rural to urban in character






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. 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






43. (enculturation)






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






45. Funeral rites with the body not present






46. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






50. 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