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Sociology Vocab

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






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






3. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






5. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






23. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






33. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






50. Things to which socially created meaning is given