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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Rites of funeralization usually assoicated with pre-literature societies






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






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






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






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






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






7. Dealing with agriculture






8. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. The change from rural to urban in character






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






18. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






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






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






23. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Being unknown






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






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






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






34. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






45. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






48. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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