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Sociology Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. Rites with the body present






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






25. Living or happening in the same period






26. (enculturation)






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






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






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






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






31. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






43. The change from rural to urban in character






44. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






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






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






50. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner