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Sociology Vocab

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






2. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. Rites with the body present






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






12. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






14. The father rules the family; power is passed to the oldest male child






15. A division - or smaller identifiable unit of culture - connected to that culture






16. The change from rural to urban in character






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






35. A division - or smaller identifiable unit of culture - connected to that culture






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






43. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






44. 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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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