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Exam 1 Flashcards

1
Q

“If they are not from the south then I don’t want to know them.” Is an example of what?

A

ethnocentrism

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2
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A behavior which dictates the individual must abstain from certain acts dealing with death

A

taboo

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3
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A must behavior that is enforced by government

A

law

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4
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An all inclusive term used by people to encompass all funeral and/or memorial service is

A

funeral rite

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5
Q

This is a family government where males and females have equal rights, duties and governing powers.

A

egalitarian family

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6
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Behavior which if broken will cause a huge reaction from the society

A

more

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7
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Being a member of America is best known as a person’s

A

culture

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8
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Funeral directors do death certificates because they are considered

A

law

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9
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Funeral directors who sense that all cultures and subcultures have valid sets of values are seeing in their clients

A

cultural relativity

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10
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This is a family unit created by related nuclear families and/or friendships

A

modified extended family

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11
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Death of a family member is least likely to affect this type of family structure.

A

extended joint family

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12
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I went to a funeral this past weekend, it was a wonderful service and the deceased looked so peaceful. What type of funeral rite did I attend?

A

funeral

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13
Q

Learning to stand at the playing of the national anthem without being told to do so is

A

enculturation

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14
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Most behaviors not necessarily an important pattern of a people, but ones which can be enforced by those governing.

A

laws

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15
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Rites of funeralization with the body present are called

A

funeral

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16
Q

Similarities found in the response to death as a culture universal include:

  • memorializing the dead
  • caring for the dead
  • burial
  • ceremony or ritual
A

memorializing the dead, caring for the dead and ceremony or ritual

17
Q

Rites of funeralization without the presence of the body itself are referred to as

A

memorial service

18
Q

Social behaviors are dictated by the traditions of a people’s culture is referred to as

A

customs

19
Q

Subcultures can be based on all of the following EXCEPT:

  • age
  • religious beliefs
  • language
  • ethnic origin
A

age

20
Q

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

A

ethnocentrism

21
Q

The funeral lunch which some families do after a funeral can be described as

A

custom

22
Q

This is a division, or smaller identifiable unit of culture, connected to that culture by common traits, but having unique traits to itself

A

subculture

23
Q

What are behaviors which are constructed as somewhat less compulsive than mores and do not call for a strong reaction from society if violated?

A

folkways

24
Q

What is the study of forms of social groups or modes of an organization and the processes which tend to maintain or change these forms or organizations and the relationships between them?

A

sociology

25
Q

This is a family unit consisting of one adult, either male or female, and his/her children.

A

single parent family

26
Q

I met with a family and the person making the decisions was the oldest son. It was odd because the wife of the deceased was there but was not interested in making any decisions. What type of family was I most likely meeting with?

A

patriarchal, extended (joint) family

27
Q

What is the unique and distinctive way of life which regulates ones arts, laws, theories, beliefs, knowledge, morals and all basic patterns of living?

A

culture

28
Q

Learning to “behave like a man” best describes which of the following?

  • customs
  • folkways
  • enculturalization
  • sexuality
A

enculturalization

29
Q

Sociology can be used to help a funeral director in their day to day interactions with families. T/F

A

true

30
Q

Which of the following can be a social event sometimes charged with symbolic content?

  • customs
  • folkways
  • ceremonies
  • hazing
A

ceremonies

31
Q

All of the following are characteristics of a nuclear family EXCEPT:

  • total income of the unit determines the economic standing of the unit
  • tend to be highly mobile
  • religion is usually taught at an institution
  • tend to be more conservative in thought
A

tend to be more conservative in thought

32
Q

Sociology can be described as

A

dealing with relations between groups

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