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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Categorization of people by money - prestige and power; a ranking






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






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






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






5. A funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that






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






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






8. The method by which the social values are internalized






9. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






22. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






23. Being unknown






24. Living or happening in the same period






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






26. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






27. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






29. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






32. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






42. Any disposition of human remains - which is completely devoid






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






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






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






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






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






48. Being unknown






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






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