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Sociology Vocab

Subject : humanities
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1. An all-inclusive term used to encompass all funerals and/or memorial






2. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner






14. Specified methods of procedure






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. Dealing with agriculture






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






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






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






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






26. The method by which the social values are internalized






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






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






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






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






31. The change from rural to urban in character






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






33. 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






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






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






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






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






38. (enculturation)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Living or happening in the same period






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






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







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