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Sociology Vocab
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1. Of or characteristic of the present or recent times; not ancient - often used to
Modern
Class
Modified extended family
Beliefs
2. A must behavior not necessarily a basic or important pattern of a people (related to
Cultural relativism
Law
Rites of passage
Symbols
3. Pertaining to demography; the science of vital statistics or of births -
Immediate disposition
Demographic
Egalitarian
Cultural universal
4. The combustion of a dead human body to its essential inorganic elements by rapid oxidation
Hospice
Ceremony (ritual)
Blended family
cremation (ritual
5. Rites with the body present
pre-literate society
futuristic
Funeral
Patriarchal
6. One who participates in an event simply by listening and observing rather than by overt actions
passive participant
Hospice
Egalitarian
Adaptive Funeral rite
7. The tendency of offspring to move away from the area in which they were
Traditional funeral rite
pre-literate society
passive participant
Neo-localism
8. A philosophy which contends that one must seek life's meaning or fulfillment in the future rather than in the past or present
Ritual (ceremony
Bureaucratization
futuristic
Subculture
9. The acquisition of the culture by a person through deliberate instruction by other members of that society
Single parent family
Class
Cultural universal
direct learning
10. A funeral rite that deviates from the normal or prescribed
Immediate disposition
Neo-localism
Non-traditional funeral rite
Rites of passage
11. The study of death derived from the name thanatos - God of Death
thanatology
Enculturation (socialization)
Anonymity
Cohabitants
12. An event that allows those who have something in common with each
Society
issue
Social function
pre-literate society
13. The study of death derived from the name thanatos - God of Death
Funeralization
Neo-localism
thanatology
Class
14. The mother rules the family; a woman holding a position analogous to that
Cultural relativism
Ritual (ceremony
Extended (joint) family
Matriarchal
15. Social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people.
Social stratification
Bureaucratization
Humanistic funeral rite
Customs
16. An all-inclusive term used to encompass all funerals and/or memorial
Customs
Symbols
Funeral rite
Modern
17. The state or quality of being mobile; the ability to move from place to place
Ethnic
Mobility
Law
Cultural relativism
18. Any single action or series of actions performed during a rite which contains symbolic meanins to the participants and observers of the rite.
Egalitarian
Urbanization
Ritual (ceremony
Funeral rite
19. The creation of a system which governs through departments and
Cultural universal
Industrialization
Bureaucratization
cremation (ritual
20. The state or quality of being mobile; the ability to move from place to place
Mobility
Single parent family
Urbanization
Neo-localism
21. A culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of: 1) sacred beliefs -
thanatology
Religion
Law
Rite
22. The science of social groups; the processes that tend to maintain or changethese forms of organizations and the relations between groups and individuals
Modified extended family
Rites of passage
Customs
Sociology
23. Two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the same living quarters.
Ceremony (ritual)
Industrialization
Cohabitants
cremation (ritual
24. A must behavior not necessarily a basic or important pattern of a people (related to
Humanistic funeral rite
Modern
Extended (joint) family
Law
25. Ceremonies centering around transition in life from one status to
Mores
Bureaucratization
Social stratification
Rites of passage
26. Specified methods of procedure
cremation (ritual
Rule
Social stratification
Religion
27. Being unknown
Anonymity
Primitive funeral rite
Memorial Service
Traditional funeral rite
28. The combustion of a dead human body to its essential inorganic elements by rapid oxidation
Mores
Rule
cremation (ritual
direct disposal
29. (enculturation)
Socialization
Primitive funeral rite
Ethnic
Symbols
30. Behaviors which are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society
Hospice
Modified extended family
Nuclear family
Folkways
31. Immediate disposition of the body with no form or funeral rite at the time of disposition
Taboos
Industrialization
Social function
direct disposal
32. Categorization of people by money - prestige and power; a ranking
Social stratification
Beliefs
Bureaucratization
Adaptive Funeral rite
33. A household - or family unit consisting of one man and one woman
Industrialization
Socialization
Nuclear family
Blended family
34. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others
Social mobility
overt conduct
Rites of passage
Religion
35. A process by which a person learns the norms of his culture by observation of others in his society.
Funeralization
indirect learning
Contemporary
Ritual (ceremony
36. Like abstract patterns of and for living and dying - which are
Cultural universal
passive participant
Ethnic
Class
37. 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
Social mobility
Nuclear family
Hospice
futuristic
38. A process by which a person learns the norms of his culture by observation of others in his society.
indirect learning
Funeral rite
folkways
Matriarchal
39. The change from rural to urban in character
Modern
Neo-localism
Extended (joint) family
Urbanization
40. A household or family unit created by related nuclear
Modified extended family
Primitive funeral rite
Socialization
direct learning
41. Being unknown
Sociology
Anonymity
Demographic
Folkways
42. Behaviors which are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society
Humanistic funeral rite
Cultural universal
direct learning
folkways
43. Individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacture of goods
Industrialization
Symbols
Taboos
Subculture
44. Specified methods of procedure
Blended family
Rule
Modified extended family
indirect learning
45. Of or characteristic of the present or recent times; not ancient - often used to
overt conduct
cremation (ritual
Modern
futuristic
46. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others
Modern
overt conduct
Neo-localism
Social stratification
47. A group of persons forming a single community with some interests in
Enculturation (socialization)
Social mobility
Society
Rule
48. A household - or family unit consisting of one man and one woman
passive participant
Law
Nuclear family
Demographic
49. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition
Social function
Funeralization
Funeral
Mobility
50. Any society which exists in a stage of develpment prior to the invention of the written word in their culture
thanatology
Religion
pre-literate society
Single parent family