NBE Study Guide Glossary Terms

Membership consists of one male and one female and the children from their previous marriages and may include children from the present

Creation of a system that governs through departments and subdivisions managed by sets of officials following an inflexible routine

Instrumental action dealing with death which is also expressional

Social grouping whose members possess roughly equivalent culturally valued attributes

Two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the same living quarters

Living or happening in the same period

Emotional attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent

Abstract patterns for living and dying which are identifiable in all cultures

Consists of abstract patterns for living and dying; learned directly or indirectly

Social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people

Pertaining to demography; the science of vital statistics of populations

Male and female have equal rights, duties, and governing power

Method by which social values are internalized

Any of the basic divisions or groups of mankind distinguished by customs or language rather than race

Emotional attitude that one's own race, nation, group, or culture is superior to all others

Membership within household includes father and mother, all their children, their sons' wives and children

Family into which one is born

Family established by one's marriage and the production of children

Behaviors that are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society, and do not call for a strong reaction if violated

Rites with the body present

All inclusive term used to encompass all funerals and or memorial services

Funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious connotation

Disposition of a human remains which is completely devoid of any form of funeral rite at the time of disposition

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

Must behavior, not necessarily a basic or important pattern of a people but one which is enforced by those governing

Mother rules the family

Funeral rites with the body not present

State or quality of being mobile; ability to move readily

Of or characteristic of the present or recent times

Household or family unit created by related nuclear families

Must behavior; basic and important patterns of ideas and acts of a people as related to treatment of the dead; strong reaction if violated

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

Funeral rite that deviates from the normal or prescribed circumstances of established custom

Membership within household includes one man, one woman, and their children, if any

Father rules the family; power is passed to the oldest male child

Culture developed before the invention of writing, hence leaving no written record

Funeral rite which may be construed as being identifiable with a preliterate society

Culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of sacred beliefs, accompanying emotional feelings, and overt conduct implementing beliefs

Any event performed in a solemn and prescribed manner

Ceremonies centering around transition in life from once status to another

Specified methods of procedure

Membership consists of one adult and his or her children

Group of persons forming a single community with some interests in common

Categorization of people by money, prestige, and power; ranking of social status into groups based on class

Science of social groups; the processes that tend to maintain or change these forms of organization and the relations between groups

Division or smaller identifiable unit of a culture, connected to that culture by common traits, having unique traits to itself

Anything to which socially created meaning is given

Must behavior that dictates that individual must abstain from certain acts

Funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony which may be dictated either by religious belief or social custom

Change from rural to urban in character