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Sociology Vocab

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






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






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






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






5. (enculturation)






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






7. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






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






13. Being unknown






14. (enculturation)






15. Things to which socially created meaning is given






16. Rites with the body present






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






26. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






42. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






45. Specified methods of procedure






46. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






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






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