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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. The study of death derived from the name thanatos - God of Death






2. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






4. Rites with the body present






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






16. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






18. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






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






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






31. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. Being unknown






39. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






43. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






46. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






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






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