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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Immediate disposition of the body with no form or funeral rite at the time of disposition






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






3. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






16. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






19. Things to which socially created meaning is given






20. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






21. Rites with the body present






22. Rites with the body present






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The method by which the social values are internalized






35. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






36. A household - or family unit consisting of one man and one woman






37. (enculturation)






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






39. Living or happening in the same period






40. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






49. 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






50. Being unknown







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