Sociology

Society - social

A Group of persons forming a single community with some interest in common

The need to announce the death

A cultural universal discussed regarding death

Religion

A culturally entrenched pattern of behavior Mande up of sacred belief emotional feelings accompanying the beliefs and overt conduct presumably implementing the beliefs and feelings

Subculture

A division of a culture connected to a larger culture by common traits while having unique traits of its own

Humanistic funeral rite

A funeral essence devoid of religious connotation

Traditional funeral rite

A funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that may be dictated either by religious beliefs or social customs

Adaptive funeral rite

A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly involved and altered to suit trends of time could be considered contemporary funeral rites

Norms

A group held belief about how members should behave in a given context

Government

A group of people who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country

Extended joint family

A household unit consisting one mother one father all of their unmarried children their sons, sons wives and their children.

Civil union

A legal relationship between two people of the same sex

Marriage

A legally recognized relationship established by a civil or religious ceremony between two people who intend to live together as sexual and domestic partners establishment of the family system

Laws

A must behavior of people enforced by those elected to govern a rule of actions prescribed by an authority able to enforce its will

Indirect learning

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

Culture

A set of knowledge beliefs attitudes and rules for behavior that are held commonly within a society abstract patterns for both living and dying learned directly or indirectly

Taboo

A social prohibition of certain actions

Taboos

A social prohibition of certain actions a behavior which dictates that one must abstain from certain acts

Rules

A specific method or procedure used to comply with a folkways ,mores,law

Co Habitants

Adults sharing living quarters

Agrarian

Agriculture farm based family

Social function

An event that allows individuals to gather as a community for sharing a common purpose

Symbol

An object or act that represents a belief or idea

Ceremony (ritual)

Any action performed during a rite which may or may not have symbolic meaning to the participants or observers of the action

Ritual

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

Symbols

Anything to which socially created meaning is given

Psychology of funeral service

Begins at the time of death and ends with some resolution may take years

Sociology of funeral service

Begins with the arrangement conference and ends with final disposition

Folkways

Behavior which when violated carry only informal sanctions such as scolded or ridicule can be considered informal practices

Which of the following are existential statements about the physical and social world

Beliefs

Social stratification

Categorization of people by money prestige power social status upper middle lower class

Cultural universal

Common traits or patterns found in all cultures of mankind like abstract patterns of and for living and dying which are identifiable in all cultures

Modified extended nuclear family

Created by two or more nuclear families and friendship

a set of knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and rules for behavior that are held commonly within a society.

Culture

Pre literate

Culture developed before the invention of writing leaving no written record

Direct / immediate disposition

Disposition completely devoid of any from of funeral rite at time of disposition

Beliefs

Existential statement about the physical and social world

Family of procreation

Family established by marriage and production of offspring

Blended family

Family of male and female their children and any children from previous marriages

Patriarchal

Father or oldest male possesses the power the right of decision making

Grief psychology

Focuses on the individual response to a loss

Behaviors which when violated carry only informal sanctions such as scolding or ridicule can be considered informal practices

Folkways

Cultural relativity

Funeral director who sense that all cultures and subcultures have valid sets of values are seeing in their clients.

Contemporary funeral rite

Funeral observance that reflect present day modern influence in lieu of or in addition to or as part of the traditional ceremonies.

Primitive funeral rite

Funeral rite being identifiable with a pre literate society

Non traditional funeral rite

Funeral that deviates normal or prescribed circumstances or established customs

Bureaucratization

Governing system by specialization departments by formal rules impersonality and a specialized administrative staff

Ethnic

Group of people who are recognized as a distinct group on the basis of such characteristics as language ancestry or religion any of the basic division or groups of mankind distinguish by customs characteristics language rather than physical characteristics or race

Class

Grouping of people with similar socio economic status

Nuclear family

Household or family unit consisting of one man and one women and their children

Industrialization

Individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacturer of goods utilizing mass production techniques

Contemporary

Living or happening in the same period

Egalitarian

Male and female having power equal rights in voice in duties and governing

Socialization

Method by which social values are internalized

Which of the following is a rule of behavior considered vital to the welfare of the group and accompanied by relatively severe sanctions?

Mores

Mores

Must behavior rules of behavior which are considered vital to the welfare of the group and accompanied by relatively severe sanctions

Overt conduct

Observable behavioral patterns

Neo localism

Offspring or families move away from the area in which they were born

Anonymity

Person or entity is unknown

Acculturation

Process with members of one culture assimilate the traits of another

specific methods or procedures used to comply with a folkway, more or law.

Rules

Demographics

Science of vital statistics

Mobility

State or quality of being mobile ability to move place to place readily or more from class either up or down

Thanatology

Study of death

a must-behavior that dictates the individual must abstain from certain acts dealing with death.

Taboo

Direct learning

The acquiring of the culture by a person through deliberate instructions by other members of society

Doctrine of atonement

The belief that the created is reunited with the created at death

Urbanization

The change from rural to urban areas

Cultural relativism

The emotional attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent the emotional attitude that recognizes other cultures as equivalent and pertinent

Ethnocentrism

The emotional attitude that ones own race nation group or culture is superior to all others

Family of origin

The family into which one is born

Enculturation- socialization

The method by which the social values are internalized learned the process by which a person learns the social values of a society

Matriarchal

The mother rules or female possesses power of decision making

Cultural assimilation

The process by which a person or group language or culture come to resemble those of another group

Funeralization

The process involving all activities associated with the funeral rite.

Funeral services sociology

The science of social groups and its effect on funeral practice and disposition

Psychology

The study focuses on the individual behavior patterns of living things scientific study of behavior and mental processes.

Sociology

The study of social groups their modes of organization the processes which tent to maintain or change these forms and the relationship between the groups

Cohabitants

Two unrelated adults sharing the same living quarters

Social mobility

Upward or downward within the social classes of society

Modern

characteristics of present or recent times

A culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of sacred beliefs is considered

religion.

Neo-Localism is best defined as

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