Modules 2-4

Question 1

Death accepting culture

Answer 1

A society that accepts death and views death as a natural part of life

Question 2

Death defying culture

Answer 2

A society that believes that nothing changes or is lost after death (life goes on)

Question 3

Death denying culture

Answer 3

A society that suggests that death is not natural; avoids the idea of death

Question 4

Cultural Universal

Answer 4

Patterns of living and dying that are common in all
cultures

Question 5

Ethnocentrism

Answer 5

• The view that one’s own race, nation, group or culture
  is superior to all others.
• The world should be viewed using my culture as the
  measure of what is proper.

Question 6

Cultural Relativism

Answer 6

The view that all cultures are important and should be
considered when judging people’s behavior

Question 7

Demographics

Answer 7

The study of vital statistics

Question 8

CDC

Answer 8

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Question 9

NCHS

Answer 9

National Center for Health Statistics

Question 10

SSA

Answer 10

Social Security Administration

Question 11

Mortality Rate (Death Rate)

Answer 11

The rate at which people die in a period of time

Question 12

Infant Mortality Rate

Answer 12

The number of live birth infants that die in the first year of life

Question 13

Why is cause of death collected and standardized?

Answer 13

To relate demographics (race, age, jobs,etc) to causes of death

Question 14

Sociology

Answer 14

The study of the development, structure and functioning of human society

Question 15

Values

Answer 15

An ideal or principle that determines what is correct, desirable, or morally proper

Question 16

Morals

Answer 16

The standards of behavior that enable people to live cooperatively in groups; societies sanction as right and acceptable

Question 17

Taboos

Answer 17

A forbidden act considered so offensive to norms, as to be reviled and unthinkable

Question 18

Customs

Answer 18

A cultural idea that describes a regular, patterned behavior that is considered characteristic of life in a social system

Question 19

Folkways

Answer 19

The learned behavior shared by a social group that provides a traditional mode of conduct

Question 20

Laws

Answer 20

A formal or informal rule or standard enacted by a political entity and enforced by agents with recognized authority as the police or the courts

Question 21

Rules

Answer 21

Defined acceptable and appropriate actions within a given group or community, thus guiding human behavior