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sociology terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Memorial Service | funeral rites with the body not present. |
| Mobility | the state or quality of being mobile; the ability to move from place to place readily. |
| Modern | characteristic of the present or recent times. |
| Modified extended family | a household or family unit created by related nuclear families16 and/or friendships. |
| Mores | must-behaviors; the basic and important patterns of ideas and acts of a people which19 call for a strong reaction from the society if violated |
| Neo-localism | he movement of individuals or families from the area in which they were born. |
| Non- traditional funeral rite | a funeral rite that deviates from the normal or prescribed24 circumstances of established custom. |
| Norms | a group held belief about how members should behave in a given context. |
| Nuclear Family | a household or family unit consisting of two parents married to each other and29 their children, if any. |
| Patriarchal | a form of family government where the father or male possess power and the right32 of decision making |
| religion | a culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of: 1) sacred beliefs, 2)35 emotional feelings accompanying the beliefs, and 3) overt conduct presumably implementing the36 beliefs and feelings. |
| Rite | any event performed in a prescribed manner. |
| Ritual | see ceremony. |
| Rules | specified methods of procedure |
| Single parent family | a family unit consisting of one adult and his or her children |
| social function | an event that allows individuals to gather as a community for sharing common purpose. |
| social mobility | movement of a person or family within the social classes of their society. |
| social stratification | categorization of people by money, prestige, and/or power; a ranking of7 social status (position) in groups such as upper, middle, and lower class |
| socialization | see enculturation. |
| society | a group of persons forming a single community with some interests in common. |
| subculture | a division or smaller identifiable unit of culture having unique traits to itself. |
| symbol | an object or act that represents a belief or idea. |
| taboos | a social prohibition of certain actions. |
| traditional funeral rite | a funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that may dictated either by religious belief or social custom |
| urbanization | the change from rural to urban in character. |
| sociology | the systematic study of human social interaction and social groups |
| Matriarchal | a form of family government where the mother or female possesses power and the right of decision making |