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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Like abstract patterns of and for living and dying - which are






2. The change from rural to urban in character






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






4. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. The change from rural to urban in character






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






23. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






33. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






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






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






39. Things to which socially created meaning is given






40. 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






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






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






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






44. A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly invovled; one which ahs been altered to suit the trends of the times






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






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






47. Funeral rites with the body not present






48. (enculturation)






49. Living or happening in the same period






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