Thanatology Quiz 3

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Attitude

A learned tendency to respond to people, object, or institutions in a positive or negative way

Ceremony

An established or prescribed procedure for a religious or other rite, the formal activities conducted on some solemn or important occasion also known as a ritual

Class

A social grouping in which members poses roughly equivalent culturally valued attributes and or similar economic resources  

Committal Service

That portion of a funeral service which is conducted at the place of interment or other method of disposal of human remains which implies consignment of Deity for safekeeping 

Contemporary

Living or happening in the same period; belonging to or occurring in the present.

Cultural Assimilation

The process by which a person or groups language or culture come to resemble those of another group

Cultural Relativism 

The emotional attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent

Cultural Universal

Common traits, or patters found in all cultures

Culture

The rules, ideas and beliefs shared by members of society and for living and dying, which are learned directly and indirectly

Culture Shock

The feelings of disorientation, uncertainty, and even fear that people experience when they encounter unfamiliar cultural practices.  

Custom

Social behaviors as dictated by the tradition of the people

Demographic

The science of vital statistics, or of births, deaths and marriages, etc.. of populations

Diffusion

The process by which a cultural item spreads from group to group or society to society 

Direct Learning

The acquiring of the culture by a person through deliberate instruction by other members of the society; formal learning

Discrimination

The act of making a difference in treatment of favor on a basis other than individual merit

Enculturation 

The method by which the social values are internalized (learned)

Ethnic

The cultural heritage or identity of a group, based on factors such as language or country or origins

Ethnocentrism

The emotional attitude that one’s own race, nation, group, or culture is superior to all others

Folkways

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

Funeral

Rites with the body present

Funeral Rite

Any funeral event performed in a presented manner

Funeral Service Sociology 

The science of social groups and their effects on funeral practices and dispostion

Funeralization

The process involving all activities associated with the funeral rite and or final dispostion

Indirect Learning

A process by which a person learns the norms of their culture by observations of others in his or her society

Innovation

The process of introducing a new idea or object to a culture through discovery or invention