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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Any disposition of human remains - which is completely devoid






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






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






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






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






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






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. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Dealing with agriculture






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






47. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






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