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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Any society which exists in a stage of develpment prior to the invention of the written word in their culture






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






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






5. Rites with the body present






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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 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






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






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






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






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






26. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






27. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






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






32. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






37. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






39. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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