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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. One who participates in an event simply by listening and observing rather than by overt actions






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






3. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






6. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






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






10. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






14. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






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






18. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






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






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






23. Being unknown






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Rites with the body present






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






34. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






37. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






46. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






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






48. 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






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






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