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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






4. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






5. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






9. Living or happening in the same period






10. Funeral rites with the body not present






11. Being unknown






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






13. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






17. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






18. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Dealing with agriculture






28. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. Rites with the body present






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Specified methods of procedure






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






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