Sociology /Mors 200 Arts Final - Sociology Vocabulary Part 1
The reduction of a dead human remains to its essential inorganic elements by use of fire.
Cremation
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The reduction of a dead human remains to its essential inorganic elements by use of fire.
Cremation
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The tendency of off-spring to move away from the area in which they were born.
Neo-localism
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Must-behavior which dictates the individual must abstain from certain acts dealing with death.
Taboos
The acquiring of the culture by a person through deliberate instruction by other members of that society.
Direct Learning
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Arrangements between a funeral establishment and family which designates details of a funeral service, including the selection of merchandise, prior to the death of the person.
Pre-need Programs
The belief that the created is united with the creator at death.
Doctrine of Atonement
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
The reduction of a dead human remains to its essential inorganic elements by use of fire. | Cremation |
The tendency of off-spring to move away from the area in which they were born. | Neo-localism |
Must-behavior which dictates the individual must abstain from certain acts dealing with death. | Taboos |
The acquiring of the culture by a person through deliberate instruction by other members of that society. | Direct Learning |
Arrangements between a funeral establishment and family which designates details of a funeral service, including the selection of merchandise, prior to the death of the person. | Pre-need Programs |
The belief that the created is united with the creator at death. | Doctrine of Atonement |
An all-inclusive term used to encompass all funerals and/or memorial services. | Funeral Rite |
Funeral rites with the body NOT present. | Memorial Service |
A household or family unit created by related nuclear families and/or friendships. | Modified Extended Family |
The emotional attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent. | Cultural Relativism |
The science of social groups; the processes that tend to maintain or change these forms of organizations and the relations between groups and individuals. | Sociology |
Behavioral patterns which are observable by others. | Overt Conduct |
A funeral rite which may be construed as being identifiable with a preliterate society. | Primitive Funeral Rite |
Rites with the body present. | Funeral |
A funeral rite which deviates from the normal or prescribed. | Non-traditional Funeral Rite |
Like abstract patterns of and for living and dying, which are identifiable in all cultures. | Cultural Universal |
A division, or smaller identifiable unit of a culture, connected to that culture by common traits, having unique traits to itself. | Subculture |
Existential statements about the physical and social world. | Beliefs |
The creation of a system which governs through departments and subdivisions managed by sets of officials following an inflexible routine. | Bureaucratization |
A household or family unit consisting of one man and one woman married to each other and their children, if any. | Nuclear Family |
The offspring of a specific set of parents. | Issue |
Any of the basic divisions or groups of mankind, distinguished by customs, characteristics, languages, rather than physical characteristics of race. | Ethnic |
Categorization of people by money, prestige and power; a ranking of social status (position) in groups such as upper, middle and lower class. | Social Stratification |
A household or family unit consisting of father and mother and all their children (except married daughters), their son’s wives and children (except married daughters). | Extended Family (Joint Family) |
Social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people. | Customs |
Male and female have equal rights, duties, and governing power. | Egalitarian |
Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner. | Rite |
An event which allows those who have something in common with each other to deal with one another in regard to that which they share. | Social Function |
Of or characteristic of the present or recent times; not ancient, often used to designate certain contemporary tendencies. | Modern |
Two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the same living quarters. | Cohabitants |
Dealing with agriculture, farm based. The locale of the extended (joint) family system. | Agrarian |
The study of death, derived from the name Thanatos, Greed god of death. | Thanatology |
The sate of quality of being mobile; the ability to move from place to place readily, or to move from class to class; either up or down. | Mobility |
A culture developed before the invention of writing, and hence, leaving no written record. | Pre-literate Society |
An instrumental action dealing with death, that is also expressional and that may or may not be charged with symbolic content expression, among other things, the attitudes of the participants and possible onlookers (passive participants) who may be regarded as co-beneficiaries. | Ceremony (Ritual) |