Sociology: Exam 2 Material

Question 0

Serves as a social event; the opportunity to receive and express love; to show respect for the family, friends, and the deceased, a chance to express the feeling of grieve,

Answer 0

The purpose of the funeral rite

Question 1

Obligations to care for other members of the family; obligation to teach and maintain discipline; obligation to give direction and motivate are all _____ of the family.

Answer 1

Responsibilities

Question 2

____ have quite a purpose in our society regarding the emotional and social needs of the living.

Answer 2

Funeral rites

Question 3

____ are an organized, flexible, purposeful, group-centered, time limited responses to the death of an individual that is conducted with reverence, dignity and respect.

Answer 3

Funeral rites

Question 4

The opportunity to receive and express love; to show respect for the family, friends, and the deceased; a chance to express the feeling of grief; to gain emotional support through sharing; to get face to face confrontation with the death to confirm the reality that death has occurred; gives one the opportunity to give a farewell through use of rituals; shows a dramatic presentation that life has been lived by the deceased and gives a time to reflect on that life through memories of them; helps one establish emotional stability through a social support network; gives one a socially accepted climate of mourning, and gives a person the chance to cry and feel sadness without being judged; meets the need theologically (spiritually), psychologically, and socially for those who are mourning are ____ of funeral rites.

Answer 4

purposes

Question 5

A funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony that may be dictated either by religious belief or social customs are a ____ funeral rite.

Answer 5

Traditional

Question 6

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 is an ____ funeral rite.
(Example: Snow White’s glass casket, started a trend of glass caskets for children)

Answer 6

Adaptive

Question 7

A funeral rite that deviates from the normal or prescribed circumstances of established customs is a ____ funeral rite.
(Example: the cat funeral, everyone dressed as cats along with the decedent with the service being done in meowing)

Answer 7

Non traditional

Question 8

A funeral rite that is in essence devoid of religious connotation is a ____ funeral rite.

Answer 8

Humanistic

Question 9

Any disposition of human remains, which is completely devoid of any form of funeral rite at the time of disposition is ____.

Answer 9

Immediate Disposition

Question 10

A funeral rite which may be construed as being identifiable with preliterate (before written word) society is a ____ funeral rite.
(Example: Ancient ceremonies like those of the American Indian Tribes. Many of these are personal and secret to be viewed by the tribal members)

Answer 10

Primitive