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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Immediate disposition of the body with no form or funeral rite at the time of disposition






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






3. A process by which a person learns the norms of his culture by observation of others in his society.






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 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






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






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






13. A process by which a person learns the norms of his culture by observation of others in his society.






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






15. Dealing with agriculture






16. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






17. Rites with the body present






18. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






20. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Being unknown






31. The change from rural to urban in character






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






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






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






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






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






37. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






40. Living or happening in the same period






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






42. 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






43. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






45. Rites with the body present






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






47. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






49. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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