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sociology terms

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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
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