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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






4. Dealing with agriculture






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






6. The change from rural to urban in character






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






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






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






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






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






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






19. Rites with the body present






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. The offspring or children of a specific set of parents






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. (enculturation)






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






34. Living or happening in the same period






35. Funeral rites with the body not present






36. A household or family unit created by related nuclear






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






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






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






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






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






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






43. Living or happening in the same period






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






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






46. A process involving all activities associated with final disposition






47. Funeral rites with the body not present






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






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






50. The method by which the social values are internalized