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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. A social grouping in which members possess roughly equivalent culturally valued






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






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






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






5. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Living or happening in the same period






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






17. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






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






21. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






22. (enculturation)






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






24. 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






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






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






27. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






36. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






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






42. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






43. Being unknown






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






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






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






47. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






49. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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