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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






4. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






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






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






9. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






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






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






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






14. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






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






16. The change from rural to urban in character






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






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






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






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






21. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






23. Specified methods of procedure






24. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






25. Funeral rites with the body not present






26. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






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






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






31. Funeral rites with the body not present






32. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






33. The change from rural to urban in character






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






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






36. Being unknown






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






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






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






40. Rites with the body present






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






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






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






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






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






46. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






47. (enculturation)






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






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






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