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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. The process of the emergence of personal charateristics and behavioral phenomena through endogenous growth processes.






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






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






4. Things to which socially created meaning is given






5. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






9. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






11. The offspring or children of a specific set of parents






12. Male and female have equal rights - duties and governing power.






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






14. The change from rural to urban in character






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






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






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






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






19. The offspring or children of a specific set of parents






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






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






22. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






25. Things to which socially created meaning is given






26. The acquisition of the culture by a person through deliberate instruction by other members of that society






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






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






29. (enculturation)






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. The change from rural to urban in character






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






40. Specified methods of procedure






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






42. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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