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Sociology Vocab
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1. The combustion of a dead human body to its essential inorganic elements by rapid oxidation
cremation (ritual
Bureaucratization
Neo-localism
Agarian
2. The mother rules the family; a woman holding a position analogous to that
Law
Rule
direct disposal
Matriarchal
3. Ceremonies centering around transition in life from one status to
Mores
Mobility
Rites of passage
pre-literate society
4. The offspring or children of a specific set of parents
indirect learning
Mobility
issue
Class
5. The process of the emergence of personal charateristics and behavioral phenomena through endogenous growth processes.
Memorial Service
Beliefs
maturation
Funeral
6. A process by which a person learns the norms of his culture by observation of others in his society.
indirect learning
Single parent family
maturation
thanatology
7. The change from rural to urban in character
Hospice
Urbanization
Extended (joint) family
Immediate disposition
8. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition
Customs
Funeralization
Rite
maturation
9. A funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that
Traditional funeral rite
Funeral rite
Enculturation (socialization)
cremation (ritual
10. Any single action or series of actions performed during a rite which contains symbolic meanins to the participants and observers of the rite.
Patriarchal
Funeral rite
Cultural universal
Ritual (ceremony
11. Any society which exists in a stage of develpment prior to the invention of the written word in their culture
Enculturation (socialization)
pre-literate society
folkways
Non-traditional funeral rite
12. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others
Symbols
Agarian
Patriarchal
overt conduct
13. Must-behavior; the basic and important patterns of ideas and acts of a people as
Mores
Matriarchal
Non-traditional funeral rite
Memorial Service
14. The acquisition of the culture by a person through deliberate instruction by other members of that society
Rite
indirect learning
Customs
direct learning
15. Behaviors which are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society
Humanistic funeral rite
Agarian
folkways
Rites of passage
16. A philosophy which contends that one must seek life's meaning or fulfillment in the future rather than in the past or present
futuristic
Social stratification
Patriarchal
thanatology
17. Immediate disposition of the body with no form or funeral rite at the time of disposition
Social function
direct disposal
Primitive funeral rite
Mores
18. Behaviors which are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society
Rule
Humanistic funeral rite
Law
folkways
19. 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
Hospice
direct disposal
Social mobility
Patriarchal
20. Two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the same living quarters.
Extended (joint) family
Socialization
Class
Cohabitants
21. A household or family unit consisting of father and mother - all
direct disposal
Extended (joint) family
Urbanization
Demographic
22. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition
Humanistic funeral rite
Traditional funeral rite
Cultural universal
Funeralization
23. The combustion of a dead human body to its essential inorganic elements by rapid oxidation
Adaptive Funeral rite
cremation (ritual
Memorial Service
Anonymity
24. Existential (relating to - or dealing with existense) statements about the physical and social world
Social mobility
Beliefs
Ceremony (ritual)
futuristic
25. Any single action or series of actions performed during a rite which contains symbolic meanins to the participants and observers of the rite.
Adaptive Funeral rite
Funeralization
maturation
Ritual (ceremony
26. Rites with the body present
Beliefs
Funeral
Urbanization
Single parent family
27. A funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious
maturation
Blended family
Religion
Humanistic funeral rite
28. A philosophy which contends that one must seek life's meaning or fulfillment in the future rather than in the past or present
folkways
Anonymity
futuristic
Customs
29. Two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the same living quarters.
Modified extended family
Anonymity
Cohabitants
Funeral rite
30. Being unknown
Ethnic
Patriarchal
Anonymity
Social mobility
31. A household - or family unit consisting of one man and one woman
futuristic
Funeral
Nuclear family
Mobility
32. Of or characteristic of the present or recent times; not ancient - often used to
Demographic
Modern
cremation (ritual
Rule
33. Any acton performed during a rite which may or may not have symbolic meaning to the participants or observer of the acftion
pre-literate society
Ritual (ceremony
Ceremony (ritual)
Taboos
34. One who participates in an event simply by listening and observing rather than by overt actions
Law
Social mobility
passive participant
Anonymity
35. 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
Law
Adaptive Funeral rite
Urbanization
Funeralization
36. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others
Egalitarian
pre-literate society
overt conduct
Ethnocentrism
37. One who participates in an event simply by listening and observing rather than by overt actions
passive participant
Anonymity
Symbols
indirect learning
38. The science of social groups; the processes that tend to maintain or changethese forms of organizations and the relations between groups and individuals
Sociology
Adaptive Funeral rite
Rule
Non-traditional funeral rite
39. Rites with the body present
Sociology
Funeral
Beliefs
Non-traditional funeral rite
40. Funeral rites with the body not present
Neo-localism
Adaptive Funeral rite
Rite
Memorial Service
41. Ceremonies centering around transition in life from one status to
Ethnocentrism
Rites of passage
Beliefs
issue
42. Any of the basic divisions or groups of humankind distinguished by customs -
Immediate disposition
Ethnic
Funeral rite
Single parent family
43. The method by which the social values are internalized
Social mobility
Folkways
Egalitarian
Enculturation (socialization)
44. An event that allows those who have something in common with each
Social function
Ritual (ceremony
cremation (ritual
Modern
45. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner
overt conduct
Rite
direct learning
Cultural relativism
46. The mother rules the family; a woman holding a position analogous to that
Rites of passage
thanatology
Memorial Service
Matriarchal
47. Dealing with agriculture
Agarian
Blended family
Modern
direct learning
48. The process of the emergence of personal charateristics and behavioral phenomena through endogenous growth processes.
Religion
futuristic
Primitive funeral rite
maturation
49. The science of social groups; the processes that tend to maintain or changethese forms of organizations and the relations between groups and individuals
Social stratification
Sociology
Non-traditional funeral rite
pre-literate society
50. Specified methods of procedure
Agarian
Folkways
Sociology
Rule