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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the same living quarters.






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






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






4. (enculturation)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






19. (enculturation)






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






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






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






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






24. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






27. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






28. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






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






34. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






46. The change from rural to urban in character






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






48. Rites with the body present






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






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