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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. A household - or family unit consisting of one man and one woman






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






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






4. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






5. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






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






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






11. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






16. Living or happening in the same period






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






18. Dealing with agriculture






19. The change from rural to urban in character






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






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






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






23. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






25. Rites with the body present






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






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






28. Things to which socially created meaning is given






29. Living or happening in the same period






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






31. (enculturation)






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






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






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






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






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






37. Rites with the body present






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






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






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






41. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






45. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






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






49. The method by which the social values are internalized






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