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Sociology Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. The change from rural to urban in character






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






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






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






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






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






19. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






20. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






23. Being unknown






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






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






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






27. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Rites with the body present






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






38. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






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






44. The method by which the social values are internalized






45. 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






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






47. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






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






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







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