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Sociology Vocab

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






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






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






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






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






6. Dealing with agriculture






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






8. The creation of a system which governs through departments and






9. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






26. 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






27. Things to which socially created meaning is given






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






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






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






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






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






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






34. The creation of a system which governs through departments and






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






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






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






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






39. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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