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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Ceremonies centering around transition in life from one status to






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






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






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






5. (enculturation)






6. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






16. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






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






19. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






22. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






26. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






27. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






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






32. The change from rural to urban in character






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. Living or happening in the same period






40. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






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






46. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






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