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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. The state or quality of being mobile; the ability to move from place to place






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






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






4. The change from rural to urban in character






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






11. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






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






40. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






42. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






46. (enculturation)






47. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






49. Specified methods of procedure






50. (enculturation)