Thanatology 4.1 SG Test Questions with complete Solutions Rated 100%

Thanatology 4.1 SG Test Questions with complete Solutions Rated 100% 1. Another name for Enculturation - Answers Socialization 2. List the 5 aspects of Funeralization. - Answers announcement of death; care of the deceased; method of disposition; ceremony or ritual; memorialization 3. List 2 descriptions of the typical American Adult. Tell whether or not you agree with the statement that this describes the typical American Adult. - Answers lives in a youth oriented society (true); Is highly mobile (technologically speaking, not normally geographically) 4. Give an example (other than the example in the notes) of direct learning relating to culture. - Answers How to read 5. Give an example (other than the example in the notes) of Indirect learning relating to culture. - Answers how to read people's expressions 6. Describe the four justifications for a funeral. - Answers Biological; Economical; Religious; Humanitarian; Psychological 7. The term defined by - A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly involved; one which has been altered to suit the trends of the times. - Answers Adaptive Funeral Rite 8. The term defined by - The intentional infliction of physical or psychological harm on another. - Answers Aggression 9. The term defined by - A formal or symbolic act or observance. - Answers Ceremony; Similar to ritual but it may/may not have symbolic content 10. The term defined by - A social grouping in which members possess roughly equivalent culturally valued attributes. - Answers Class 11. The term meaning the rite of finality in a fun. service preceding cremation/earth burial/entombment/burial at sea. - Answers Committal Service 12. The term defined by - The emotional attitude that all cultures are equal and pertinent. - Answers Cultural Relativism 13. The term defined by - Like abstract patterns of, and for living and dying, which are identifiable in all cultures. - Answers Cultural Universalqq 14. The term defined by - Consists of abstract patterns (the rules, ideas, beliefs shared by members of society) of and for living and dying, which are learned directly or indirectly. - Answers Culture 15. The term defined by - Social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people. - Answers Custom 16. The term defined by - Pertaining to demography; the science of vital statistics, or of births, deaths, marriages, etc. of populations. - Answers Demographic 17. The term defined by - An individual who is registered by a state agency to perform only basic disposition with no accompanying funeral or other service. - Answers Direct Disposer 18. The term defined by - The method by which the social values are internalized (learned). - Answers Enculturation/Socialization 19. The term defined by - Designating or of any of the basic divisions or groups of mankind, or distinguished by customs, characteristics, language, etc. - Answers Ethnic 20. The term defined by - The emotional attitude that one's own race, nation, group, or culture is superior to all others. - Answers Ethnocentrism 21. The term defined by - 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. - Answers Folkways 22. The term defined by - Rites with the body present. - Answers Funeral; Organized, flexible, purposeful, group centered, time limited response to death which reflects reverence, dignity, and respect 22. The term defined by - A process involving all activities associated with final disposition. - Answers Funeralization 23. The term defined by - A funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious connotation. - Answers Humanistic Funeral Rite 24. The term defined by - Any disposition of a human remains which is completely devoid of any form of funeral rite at the time of disposition. - Answers Immediate Disposition 25. The term defined by - A rule of action prescribed by an authority able to enforce its will. - Answers Law 26. The term defined by - Funeral rites with the body not present. - Answers Memorial Service 27. The term defined by - The state of being mobile; specifically in sociology, the ability to move from place to place readily, or to move from class to class, either upward or downward. - Answers Mobility 28. The term defined by - Must-behavior; the basic and important patterns of ideas and acts of a people as related to treatment of the dead which calls for a strong reaction from the society if violated. - Answers Mores