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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. A funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious






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






3. The change from rural to urban in character






4. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






15. Specified methods of procedure






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






17. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






18. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Rites with the body present






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






44. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






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






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







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