Mortuary Sociology
An existential statement about the physical and social world is known as
A Belief
A cluster of two or more nuclear families united by a social bond for security, protection, and help is
A Modified Extended Family
A man, woman, and their unmarried children in one household is called
A Nuclear Family
Memorial services are funeral rites without
A body present
The process of socialization i
A lifelong process
Which of the following would not be an anticipated part of the disposition of human remains when the service is a traditional funeral
A memorial service
A specific act or function dealing with death is called
A rite
The group aspect of a funeral rite makes the event
A social function
The process with which member of one culture assimilate with traits of another is called
Acculturation
Contemporary funeral rites would be considered
Adaptive Funeral Rites
A funeral rite that has been adjusted to reflect the needs and desires of those directly involved is
An Adaptive Funeral Rite
The son and his family are included in
An Extended Family
Depersonalization leads to
Anonymity
The loss of individual identity is called
Anonymity
Strict departmental standards with little or no variation is typical of
Bureaucratization
A ribbon cutting at the opening of a supermarket could best be described as a
Ceremony
A joint/extended family is usually
Conservative
Ecological consideration is a reason given for an increase in
Cremation
Funeral directors who sense that all cultures are subcultures have valid sets of values are seeing in their clients
Cultural Relativity
A pattern of living or dying which can be identified in all societies is referred to as a
Cultural Universal
Because funeral rites are present in every known society, the rite would be considered a
Cultural Universal
A system of abstract patterns of and for both living and dying which are learned directly or indirectly defines
Cultures
The American system of government is best described as
Democratic
A term that would best describe the studies of the population is
Demography
Each of the following could be described as a funeral rite except
Direct Disposition
The upward occupational mobility of a member of a typical nuclear family unit is
Encouraged
The method by which social values are learned is
Enculturation
Sociology is concerned with each of the following areas except
Examining individual behavior
A Patriarchal family is governed by the mother
False
Each subculture is required to have the same funeral customs as the main culture
False
There are many cultures within a subculture
False
Historically the person or persons in charge of the funeral was the
Family
Which of the following does not describe the nuclear family
Farm Based
An all inclusive term used by people to encompass all funeral and or memorial services is
Funeral Rite
Rites of funeralization with the body present are called
Funerals
The location of funeral rites and preparation during the past 50 years
Has changed from the home of the deceased to a modern mortuary
In the past 50 years, church yard cemeteries
Have declined in use in favor of modern memorial park cemeteries
In an extended joint family, religion is taught at
Home
Funeral rites which are devoid of religion are
Humanistic
Ford's assembly line of the early 1900's is an example of
Industrialization
The loss of craftsmanship is a result of
Industrialization
Social behavior that is dictated by tradition
Is a custom
For the funeral director, urbanization has meant
It is hard to know all families you serve personally
The death of a child woul dbe softened simply by the number of children in a
Joint Family
The religious structure of American society is primarily
Judeo-Christian
A behavior pattern which is enforced by special authority is
Law
A family that is governed by the mother is
Matriarchal
Which of the following is a type of cemetery
Memorial Park
Rites of funeralization without the presence of the body itself are refered to as
Memorial Services
The economic impact of the death of the patriarchal leader in an extended/joint family is
Minimal
Relocation or travel is called
Mobility
A causative factor in the creation of the first death free generation is
Modern Medical Technology
A must behavior, the basic pattern of ideas and acts of a people are
Mores
The tendency of contemporary offspring to move away and relocate is called
Neo-localism
Those funeral rites that deviate from the prescribed circumstances are
Non-traditional Funeral Rites
The modern American family is considered to be
Nuclear
The word contemporary means
Of the same time
Within a patriarchal joint/extended family, who would assume control at the death of the father?
Oldest son
A family that is governed by the father is
Patriarchal
A joint/extended family is usually
Patriarchal
No matter the age of the son, if the oldest male dies, he may enter the leadership role in the
Patriarchal Family
Consideration made for service is
Professional Fees
Humanistic funerals are devoid of
Religion
Sacred beliefs reflected in the daily conduct of an individual are part of
Religion
A baptism could best be described as a
Ritual
All of the following are valid considerations for cremation as a method of disposition except
Sanitation
We have seen the greatest acceleration in the use of embalming
Since World War II
Sociology is a branch of
Social Science
In reviewing responses to death through sociology all of the following are correct except
Society does not choose funeral rites according to family tradition
The science that deals with the organization of social groups and how they change or stay the same is called
Sociology
A division of a culture that has traits in common with that culture but has unique traits of its own is a
Subculture
A behavior which dictates the individual must abstain from certain acts dealing with death is a
Taboo
What serves as the first event signaling the beginning of a new family unit
The Funeral
Sociology of funeral service begins with the atneed arrangement conference and ends with
The Graveside Service
The traditional location of the preparation of a dead human body for funeralization was originally in
The home in early America
The bereaved person charged with the decisions of funeral arrangements will generally be guided by personal values and by
The norms of their culture
What change in the American funeral rite is most closely associated with improvement in transportation
The selection of funeral homes are no longer made because of proximity
Which of the following is not true about humanistic funerals
They are not healing to the family
The overall purpose of religion in a funeral service is
To allow for the acknowledgement of the Doctrine of Atonement
Those funeral rites which follow a prescribed order of worship dictated by religious tradition are
Traditional Funeral Rites
A Patriarchal family is governed by the father
True
A funeral director in the south who is familiar with the customs of the southern subculture would probably have problems if he moved up North and opened a mortuary there
True
A professional funeral director is flexible to the cultural requirements of each group he serves and attempts not to push other customs related to other groups
True
A subculture is connected to the main group by common traits
True
Blacks make up a subculture of the American population, and the blacks in the NAACP would make up a subculture within the Black subculture
True
Each subculture has common traits unique to themselves
True
Each subculture has funeral customs unique to themselves
True
Every culture feel their cultural beliefs are important
True
People living in a particular state could be considered a subculture
True
People living in regions of the United States such as the southwest would make up a subculture
True
Southern Baptists would be a subculture of the American Baptist Assocation
True
The funeral director should be aware of the relative funeral values within each subculture he is to serve effectively
True
The term cultural universal means all cultures in the world have like qualities
True
Those of the Catholic faith could be an example of a subculture
True
Whereas a crucifix is important to the Catholic subculture, it is not as important to the Baptists
True
Which of the following does not describe the joint/extended family unit
Urban Based
What describes movement from rural areas into the suburbs
Urbanization
The educational level of the American society is generally
Very High
Each of the following have affected the nuclear family except
an increase in the day to day confrontation with death
Each of the following are characteristics of culture except
it does not impose equally on member of the group
