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Sociology Vocab
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1. Immediate disposition of the body with no form or funeral rite at the time of disposition
issue
Modern
direct disposal
Social function
2. Behaviors which are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society
Folkways
Ethnocentrism
maturation
futuristic
3. A process by which a person learns the norms of his culture by observation of others in his society.
indirect learning
Immediate disposition
Extended (joint) family
Industrialization
4. Ceremonies centering around transition in life from one status to
Adaptive Funeral rite
Demographic
Funeral rite
Rites of passage
5. Like abstract patterns of and for living and dying - which are
Blended family
Funeralization
passive participant
Cultural universal
6. The state or quality of being mobile; the ability to move from place to place
Primitive funeral rite
Religion
Mobility
cremation (ritual
7. The emotional attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent.
Cultural relativism
direct learning
Rite
Social mobility
8. The acquisition of the culture by a person through deliberate instruction by other members of that society
direct learning
Contemporary
direct disposal
Class
9. The combustion of a dead human body to its essential inorganic elements by rapid oxidation
cremation (ritual
Ethnic
Subculture
Class
10. 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
Funeralization
Rites of passage
Hospice
direct learning
11. A household - or family unit consisting of one man and one woman
Nuclear family
Extended (joint) family
Folkways
Social mobility
12. A social grouping in which members possess roughly equivalent culturally valued
Class
Ceremony (ritual)
Cultural universal
Law
13. A process by which a person learns the norms of his culture by observation of others in his society.
Society
indirect learning
Cultural relativism
issue
14. Any society which exists in a stage of develpment prior to the invention of the written word in their culture
pre-literate society
indirect learning
Modified extended family
Ethnocentrism
15. Dealing with agriculture
Blended family
direct learning
Agarian
Social mobility
16. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others
Matriarchal
Ritual (ceremony
passive participant
overt conduct
17. Rites with the body present
Social mobility
Social mobility
overt conduct
Funeral
18. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner
Non-traditional funeral rite
Bureaucratization
Humanistic funeral rite
Rite
19. Pertaining to demography; the science of vital statistics or of births -
Beliefs
Demographic
Social stratification
Subculture
20. 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
Adaptive Funeral rite
Customs
Cultural universal
Subculture
21. A household or family unit consisting of one adult - either male or
Bureaucratization
Single parent family
Rite
Folkways
22. Two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the same living quarters.
Cohabitants
Cultural relativism
Humanistic funeral rite
Enculturation (socialization)
23. The state or quality of being mobile; the ability to move from place to place
Adaptive Funeral rite
Mobility
Social mobility
Symbols
24. The emotional attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent.
Cultural relativism
issue
folkways
Subculture
25. A culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of: 1) sacred beliefs -
futuristic
Religion
direct disposal
Bureaucratization
26. The creation of a system which governs through departments and
Rite
Subculture
Bureaucratization
Class
27. The study of death derived from the name thanatos - God of Death
Matriarchal
thanatology
Industrialization
Cultural universal
28. A funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that
Extended (joint) family
Blended family
Traditional funeral rite
Ethnocentrism
29. A group of persons forming a single community with some interests in
Society
Primitive funeral rite
Extended (joint) family
maturation
30. Being unknown
Cultural universal
Ethnic
Matriarchal
Anonymity
31. The change from rural to urban in character
Primitive funeral rite
Modern
Urbanization
Mores
32. Must behavior that dictates the individual must abstain from certain acts
Nuclear family
Hospice
Rite
Taboos
33. The emotional attitude that one's own race - nation - group - or culture is
Folkways
Ethnocentrism
Single parent family
folkways
34. Any society which exists in a stage of develpment prior to the invention of the written word in their culture
Funeral rite
pre-literate society
overt conduct
Primitive funeral rite
35. A social grouping in which members possess roughly equivalent culturally valued
Memorial Service
Social function
Class
indirect learning
36. Social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people.
Neo-localism
Customs
Agarian
Social mobility
37. A household or family unit created by related nuclear
Modified extended family
Demographic
Beliefs
Law
38. A funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that
Humanistic funeral rite
Ritual (ceremony
Traditional funeral rite
Religion
39. The acquisition of the culture by a person through deliberate instruction by other members of that society
direct learning
Beliefs
Contemporary
Agarian
40. Living or happening in the same period
Contemporary
Patriarchal
folkways
direct disposal
41. Any disposition of human remains - which is completely devoid
Immediate disposition
Non-traditional funeral rite
Class
Society
42. 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
Egalitarian
Ritual (ceremony
Adaptive Funeral rite
Class
43. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others
Class
Enculturation (socialization)
overt conduct
Extended (joint) family
44. A household or family unit created by one male and one female from their previous marriages as well as children from the present marriage
Ceremony (ritual)
Sociology
Blended family
Industrialization
45. Rites with the body present
Funeral
Cultural universal
Agarian
Cohabitants
46. Individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacture of goods
Industrialization
Ceremony (ritual)
Cultural relativism
Immediate disposition
47. The method by which the social values are internalized
Enculturation (socialization)
Symbols
issue
Ethnocentrism
48. The study of death derived from the name thanatos - God of Death
Sociology
thanatology
Single parent family
Mores
49. Things to which socially created meaning is given
Symbols
Industrialization
cremation (ritual
pre-literate society
50. Existential (relating to - or dealing with existense) statements about the physical and social world
Mores
Rites of passage
direct disposal
Beliefs