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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. The upward or downward movement of a person or family within the social classes of their society






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






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






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






5. 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






6. Rites with the body present






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Rites with the body present






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






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






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






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






26. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






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






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






32. The change from rural to urban in character






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






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






35. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






39. Specified methods of procedure






40. (enculturation)






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






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






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






44. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






47. Living or happening in the same period






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






49. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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