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Sociology Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Being unknown






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






13. Living or happening in the same period






14. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






23. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






24. 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






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






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






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






28. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






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






34. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






42. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






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






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






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






48. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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. Rites of funeralization usually assoicated with pre-literature societies