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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. The acquisition of the culture by a person through deliberate instruction by other members of that society






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






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






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






5. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






8. Rites with the body present






9. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






12. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






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






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






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






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






26. (enculturation)






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






38. The change from rural to urban in character






39. 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






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






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






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






43. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






44. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






47. A funeral rite that deviates from the normal or prescribed






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






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






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