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Sociology Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Being unknown






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






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






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






16. (enculturation)






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






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






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






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






21. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






24. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






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






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






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






37. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






41. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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







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