NBE FUNERAL SERVICE SOCIOLOGY/HISTORY |ACTUAL EXAM QUES-
TIONS AND WELL DETAILED VERIFIED SOLUTIONS| GRADED A+|
BRAND NEW 2026/2027 UPDATE
A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly involved; one that has
been altered to suit the trends of the times - ANSWER Adaptive Funeral Rite
One mother and one father and the children from their previous marriages and may include
children from the present marriage - ANSWER Blended Family
The creation of a system that governs through departments and subdivisions managed by
sets of officials following an inflexible routine - ANSWER Bureaucratization
An instrumental action, which is also expressional--that is, it is charged with symbolic con-
tent expressing, among other things, the attitudes of the participants and possible onlookers
(passive participants) who may be regarded as co-beneficiaries - ANSWER Ceremony (Rit-
ual)
A social grouping in which members possess roughly equivalent culturally valued attributes -
ANSWER Class
Two unrelated adults sharing the same living quarters - ANSWER Cohabitants
Living or happening in the same period - ANSWER Contemporary
The attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent - ANSWER Cultural Relativism
Abstract patterns for living and dying which are identified in all cultures - ANSWER Cul-
tural Universal
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,Consists of abstract patterns (the rules, ideas, beliefs, shared by members of a society) for
living and dying; learned directly or indirectly - ANSWER Culture
Social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people - ANSWER Customs
The science of vital statistics (births, deaths, marriages, etc.) Of populations - ANSWER
Demography
Of, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people (males and females) have equal
rights, duties, and governing power - ANSWER Egalitarian
The method by which social values are internalized (learned) - ANSWER Enculturation
(Socialization)
Of or relating to any of the basic divisions of groups of mankind, distinguished by customs,
characteristics, language, etc. Rather the characteristics of the socially-constucted notion:
race - ANSWER Ethnic
The attitude or belief that one's own race, nation, group, or culture is superior - ANSWER
Ethnocentrism
A family that includes the father and mother, all their children (except married daughters),
their sons' wives and children (except married daughters) - ANSWER Extended (Joint)
Family
The family into which one is born - ANSWER Family of Origin
The family established by one's marriage and the production of children - ANSWER Fam-
ily of Procreation
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, Behaviors that are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society;
do not call for a strong reaction from the society if violated - ANSWER Folkways
Rites with the body present - ANSWER Funeral
All-inclusive term used to encompass all funerals and/or memorial services - ANSWER Fu-
neral Rite
A process involving all activities associated with with final disposition - ANSWER Funerali-
zation
A funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious connotation - ANSWER Humanistic Fu-
neral Rite
Any disposition of human remains that is completely devoid of any form of funeral rite at the
time of disposition - ANSWER Immediate Disposition
Individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacture of goods utilizing mass production
techniques - ANSWER Industrialization
A must-behavior, not necessarily a basic or important pattern of a people, but one which is
enforced by those governing; a rule of action prescribed by an authority able to enforce its
will - ANSWER Law
A system of society or government ruled by a woman or women; A system of society or gov-
ernment in which the mother or eldest female is head of the family - ANSWER Matriar-
chy
Funeral rites with the body not present - ANSWER Memorial Service
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TIONS AND WELL DETAILED VERIFIED SOLUTIONS| GRADED A+|
BRAND NEW 2026/2027 UPDATE
A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly involved; one that has
been altered to suit the trends of the times - ANSWER Adaptive Funeral Rite
One mother and one father and the children from their previous marriages and may include
children from the present marriage - ANSWER Blended Family
The creation of a system that governs through departments and subdivisions managed by
sets of officials following an inflexible routine - ANSWER Bureaucratization
An instrumental action, which is also expressional--that is, it is charged with symbolic con-
tent expressing, among other things, the attitudes of the participants and possible onlookers
(passive participants) who may be regarded as co-beneficiaries - ANSWER Ceremony (Rit-
ual)
A social grouping in which members possess roughly equivalent culturally valued attributes -
ANSWER Class
Two unrelated adults sharing the same living quarters - ANSWER Cohabitants
Living or happening in the same period - ANSWER Contemporary
The attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent - ANSWER Cultural Relativism
Abstract patterns for living and dying which are identified in all cultures - ANSWER Cul-
tural Universal
1
,Consists of abstract patterns (the rules, ideas, beliefs, shared by members of a society) for
living and dying; learned directly or indirectly - ANSWER Culture
Social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people - ANSWER Customs
The science of vital statistics (births, deaths, marriages, etc.) Of populations - ANSWER
Demography
Of, relating to, or believing in the principle that all people (males and females) have equal
rights, duties, and governing power - ANSWER Egalitarian
The method by which social values are internalized (learned) - ANSWER Enculturation
(Socialization)
Of or relating to any of the basic divisions of groups of mankind, distinguished by customs,
characteristics, language, etc. Rather the characteristics of the socially-constucted notion:
race - ANSWER Ethnic
The attitude or belief that one's own race, nation, group, or culture is superior - ANSWER
Ethnocentrism
A family that includes the father and mother, all their children (except married daughters),
their sons' wives and children (except married daughters) - ANSWER Extended (Joint)
Family
The family into which one is born - ANSWER Family of Origin
The family established by one's marriage and the production of children - ANSWER Fam-
ily of Procreation
2
, Behaviors that are construed as somewhat less compulsive than mores of the same society;
do not call for a strong reaction from the society if violated - ANSWER Folkways
Rites with the body present - ANSWER Funeral
All-inclusive term used to encompass all funerals and/or memorial services - ANSWER Fu-
neral Rite
A process involving all activities associated with with final disposition - ANSWER Funerali-
zation
A funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious connotation - ANSWER Humanistic Fu-
neral Rite
Any disposition of human remains that is completely devoid of any form of funeral rite at the
time of disposition - ANSWER Immediate Disposition
Individual crafting of products is replaced by manufacture of goods utilizing mass production
techniques - ANSWER Industrialization
A must-behavior, not necessarily a basic or important pattern of a people, but one which is
enforced by those governing; a rule of action prescribed by an authority able to enforce its
will - ANSWER Law
A system of society or government ruled by a woman or women; A system of society or gov-
ernment in which the mother or eldest female is head of the family - ANSWER Matriar-
chy
Funeral rites with the body not present - ANSWER Memorial Service
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