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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacture of goods






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






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






9. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






12. The method by which the social values are internalized






13. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






17. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






32. Funeral rites with the body not present






33. Rites with the body present






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






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






36. Specified methods of procedure






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






38. Two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the same living quarters.






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Being unknown






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






46. 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






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






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






49. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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