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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Existential (relating to - or dealing with existense) statements about the physical and social world






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






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






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






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






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






7. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






10. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






13. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






16. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






26. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Living or happening in the same period






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






37. (enculturation)






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






39. Rites with the body present






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






41. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






46. Behavioral patterns which are observable by others






47. Rites with the body present






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






49. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






50. 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