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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Ceremonies centering around transition in life from one status to






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






13. Rites with the body present






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Dealing with agriculture






24. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






26. The change from rural to urban in character






27. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Specified methods of procedure






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






47. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






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