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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






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






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






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






7. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






12. (enculturation)






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






14. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






15. The method by which the social values are internalized






16. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






24. The change from rural to urban in character






25. 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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






48. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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