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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






5. Being unknown






6. Specified methods of procedure






7. Funeral rites with the body not present






8. The change from rural to urban in character






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






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






11. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






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






17. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






18. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






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






40. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






45. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






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






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






50. 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







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