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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Dealing with agriculture






26. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






28. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






31. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






32. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






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






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






37. The upward or downward movement of a person or family within the social classes of their 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. Rites of funeralization usually assoicated with pre-literature societies






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






41. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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