Sociology

An existential statement about the physical and social world is known as

A belief

Memorial services are funeral rites without

A body present

The process of socialization is

A lifeling 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 cluster of 2 or more nuclear families united by a social bond for security, protection and help is

A modified extended family

A man, a woman and their unmarried children in one house is

A nuclear family

A specific act or function dealing with death is called

A rite

A group aspect of a funeral rite makes the event

A social function

The process with which members of one culture assimilate the traits of another is called

Acculturation

A funeral rite that has been adjusted to reflect the needs and desires of those directly involved is an

Adaptive funeral rite

Contemporary funeral rites could be considered

Adaptive funeral rites

The son and his family are included in

An extended family

Each of the following have affected the nuclear family EXCEPT

An increase in the day to day confrontation with death

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" as the opening of a supermarket could best be described as a

Ceremony

Ecological consideration is a reason given for an increase in

Cremation

Funeral directors who sense that all cultures and subcultures have valid sets of vlues 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

Enculturalization

Sociology is concerned with each of the following areas EXCEPT

Examining individual behavior

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 the 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 assembley 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

Each of the following are characteristics of culture EXCEPT

It does not impose equally on members of the group

For the funeral director, urbanization has meant

It is hard to know all families you serve personally

The death of a child would be softened simply by the number of children in a

Joint family

The religious structure of American society is

Judeo-Christian

A behavior pattern which is enforced by special authority is known as a

Law

A family that is goverened 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 referred to as

Memorial services

The economic impact of the death of the patriarchal leader in an extended (joint) family is

Minimal

Which of the following terms best describes relocation or travel

Mobility

A causative factor in the creation of the "first death-free generation" is

Modern medical technology

A must behavior, the basic patterns of ideas and acts of people are

Mores

The tendency of contemporary off-spring 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

A family that is governed by the father is

Patriarchal

A joint/extended familys 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 except as a method of disposition EXCEPT

Sanitation

We have seen the greatest acceleration in the use of embalming

Since WWII

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 the funeral rites according to family tradition

The science that deas 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 at-need 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

The bereaved person charged with the decisions of funeral arrangements will generally be guided by personal values and by

The norms of 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 attonement

Within a patriarchal joint/extended family, who would assume control at the death of the father (age 62)

Tom, son - age 37

Those funeral rites which follow as prescribed order of worship dictated by religious tradition are

Traditional funeral rites

Which of the following does NOT describe the joint/entended family

Urban based

Of the following terms, which best describes movement from rural areas into the suburbs

Urbanization

The educational level of the American society is generally

Very high