Mortuary Science Glossary UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
adaptive funeral rite - CORRECT ANSWER - 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
blended family - CORRECT ANSWER - a household or family unit created by one male
and one female and the children from their previous marriages and may include children from
the present marriage
bureaucratization - CORRECT ANSWER - the creation of a system which governs
through departments and subdivisions managed by sets of officials following an inflexible
routine
ceremony (ritual) - CORRECT ANSWER - an instrumental action dealing with death, that
is also expressional and that may or may not be charged with symbolic content expressing,
among other things, the attitudes of the participants and the possible onlookers (passive
participants) who may be regarded as co-beneficiaries
class - CORRECT ANSWER - a social grouping in which members possess roughly
equivalent culturally valued attributes
cohabitants - CORRECT ANSWER - two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the
same living quarters
contemporary - CORRECT ANSWER - living or happening in the same period
cultural relativism - CORRECT ANSWER - the emotional attitude that all cultures are
equal and pertinent
,cultural universal - CORRECT ANSWER - like abstract patterns of and for living and
dying, which are identifiable in all
customs - CORRECT ANSWER - social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people
demographic - CORRECT ANSWER - pertaining to demography; the science of vital
statistics, or of births, deaths, marriages, etc. of populations
egalitarian - CORRECT ANSWER - male and female have equal right, duties, and
governing power
enculturization - CORRECT ANSWER - the method by which the social values are
internalized (learned)
ethic - CORRECT ANSWER - any of the basic divisions or groups of humankind
distinguished by customs, characteristics, and languages, rather than physical characteristics of
race
enthocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - the emotional attitude that one own race, nation,
group, or culture is superior to all others
extended (joint) family - CORRECT ANSWER - a household or family unit consisting of
father and mother, all their children (except married daughters), their sons' wives, and children
(except married daughters)
folkways - CORRECT ANSWER - behaviors which are constructed as somewhat less
compulsive than mores of the same society, and do not call for a strong reaction from the society
if violated
funeral - CORRECT ANSWER - rites with the body present
,funeral rite - CORRECT ANSWER - an all-inclusive term used to encompass all funerals
and/or memorial services
funeralization - CORRECT ANSWER - a process involving all activities associated with
final disposition
humanistic funeral rite - CORRECT ANSWER - a funeral rite that is in essence devoid of
all religious conotation
immediate disposition - CORRECT ANSWER - any disposition of a human remains,
which is completely devoid of any form of funeral rite at the time of disposition
industrialization - CORRECT ANSWER - individual crafting of products is replaced by
manufacture of goods utilizing mass production techniques
law - CORRECT ANSWER - a must behavior not necessarily a basic or important pattern
of a people (related to death) but one enforced by those governing; a rule of action prescribed by
an authority able to enforce its will
matriarchal - CORRECT ANSWER - relating to a social system in which the mother is
head of the family
memorial service - CORRECT ANSWER - funeral rites without the body present
mobility - CORRECT ANSWER - of or characteristic of the present or recent times, not
ancient often used to designate certain contemporary periods
modern - CORRECT ANSWER - of or any characteristic of the present or recent times;
not ancient, often used to designate certain contemporary tendencies
, modified extended family - CORRECT ANSWER - a household or family unit created by
related nuclear families and or/relationships
mores - CORRECT ANSWER - must-behavior; the basic and important patters of ideas
and acts of a people as related to treatment of the dead, which calls for a strong reaction from
society if violated
neo-localism - CORRECT ANSWER - the tendency of offspring to move away from the
area in which they were born
non-traditional funeral rite - CORRECT ANSWER - a funeral rite that deviated from the
normal or prescribed circumstances of established custom
nuclear family - CORRECT ANSWER - a household or family unit consisting of one man
and one-woman married to each other and their children, if any.
patriarchal - CORRECT ANSWER - the father rules the family; power is passed to the
oldest male
religion - CORRECT ANSWER - a culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of :
1) sacred beliefs 2) emotional feelings accompanying the beliefs 3) overt conduct presumably
implementing the beliefs and feelings
rites of passage - CORRECT ANSWER - ceremonies centering around transition in life
from one status to another
rules - CORRECT ANSWER - specified methods of procedure
single parent family - CORRECT ANSWER - a household or family unit consisting of one
adult, either male or female, and his or her children
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
adaptive funeral rite - CORRECT ANSWER - 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
blended family - CORRECT ANSWER - a household or family unit created by one male
and one female and the children from their previous marriages and may include children from
the present marriage
bureaucratization - CORRECT ANSWER - the creation of a system which governs
through departments and subdivisions managed by sets of officials following an inflexible
routine
ceremony (ritual) - CORRECT ANSWER - an instrumental action dealing with death, that
is also expressional and that may or may not be charged with symbolic content expressing,
among other things, the attitudes of the participants and the possible onlookers (passive
participants) who may be regarded as co-beneficiaries
class - CORRECT ANSWER - a social grouping in which members possess roughly
equivalent culturally valued attributes
cohabitants - CORRECT ANSWER - two unrelated adults of the opposite sex sharing the
same living quarters
contemporary - CORRECT ANSWER - living or happening in the same period
cultural relativism - CORRECT ANSWER - the emotional attitude that all cultures are
equal and pertinent
,cultural universal - CORRECT ANSWER - like abstract patterns of and for living and
dying, which are identifiable in all
customs - CORRECT ANSWER - social behavior as dictated by the tradition of the people
demographic - CORRECT ANSWER - pertaining to demography; the science of vital
statistics, or of births, deaths, marriages, etc. of populations
egalitarian - CORRECT ANSWER - male and female have equal right, duties, and
governing power
enculturization - CORRECT ANSWER - the method by which the social values are
internalized (learned)
ethic - CORRECT ANSWER - any of the basic divisions or groups of humankind
distinguished by customs, characteristics, and languages, rather than physical characteristics of
race
enthocentrism - CORRECT ANSWER - the emotional attitude that one own race, nation,
group, or culture is superior to all others
extended (joint) family - CORRECT ANSWER - a household or family unit consisting of
father and mother, all their children (except married daughters), their sons' wives, and children
(except married daughters)
folkways - CORRECT ANSWER - behaviors which are constructed as somewhat less
compulsive than mores of the same society, and do not call for a strong reaction from the society
if violated
funeral - CORRECT ANSWER - rites with the body present
,funeral rite - CORRECT ANSWER - an all-inclusive term used to encompass all funerals
and/or memorial services
funeralization - CORRECT ANSWER - a process involving all activities associated with
final disposition
humanistic funeral rite - CORRECT ANSWER - a funeral rite that is in essence devoid of
all religious conotation
immediate disposition - CORRECT ANSWER - any disposition of a human remains,
which is completely devoid of any form of funeral rite at the time of disposition
industrialization - CORRECT ANSWER - individual crafting of products is replaced by
manufacture of goods utilizing mass production techniques
law - CORRECT ANSWER - a must behavior not necessarily a basic or important pattern
of a people (related to death) but one enforced by those governing; a rule of action prescribed by
an authority able to enforce its will
matriarchal - CORRECT ANSWER - relating to a social system in which the mother is
head of the family
memorial service - CORRECT ANSWER - funeral rites without the body present
mobility - CORRECT ANSWER - of or characteristic of the present or recent times, not
ancient often used to designate certain contemporary periods
modern - CORRECT ANSWER - of or any characteristic of the present or recent times;
not ancient, often used to designate certain contemporary tendencies
, modified extended family - CORRECT ANSWER - a household or family unit created by
related nuclear families and or/relationships
mores - CORRECT ANSWER - must-behavior; the basic and important patters of ideas
and acts of a people as related to treatment of the dead, which calls for a strong reaction from
society if violated
neo-localism - CORRECT ANSWER - the tendency of offspring to move away from the
area in which they were born
non-traditional funeral rite - CORRECT ANSWER - a funeral rite that deviated from the
normal or prescribed circumstances of established custom
nuclear family - CORRECT ANSWER - a household or family unit consisting of one man
and one-woman married to each other and their children, if any.
patriarchal - CORRECT ANSWER - the father rules the family; power is passed to the
oldest male
religion - CORRECT ANSWER - a culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of :
1) sacred beliefs 2) emotional feelings accompanying the beliefs 3) overt conduct presumably
implementing the beliefs and feelings
rites of passage - CORRECT ANSWER - ceremonies centering around transition in life
from one status to another
rules - CORRECT ANSWER - specified methods of procedure
single parent family - CORRECT ANSWER - a household or family unit consisting of one
adult, either male or female, and his or her children
