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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Any disposition of human remains - which is completely devoid






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






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






17. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. A funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






37. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






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






42. Specified methods of procedure






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






44. Being unknown






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






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






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






48. The change from rural to urban in character






49. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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