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The reduction of a dead human remains to its essential inorganic elements by use of fire.

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Cremation

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The state or quality of being mobile; the ability to move from place to place readily, or to move from class to class, either up or down.

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Mobility

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A form of family government which holds that both male and female have equal voice in governing.

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Egalitarian

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Any disposition of a dead human body, either by means of burial or cremation, with no form of funeral rite at the time of disposition.

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Immediate disposition

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A family unit created by two or more nuclear families or friendships.

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Modified extended family

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The division of a culture, connected to a larger culture by common traits, while having unique traits of its own.

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Subcultures

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An organization, public or private, which endorses the practice of conducting funeral rites without the body of the deceased present.

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Memorial society

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A specific method or procedure used to comply with the Folkway, Mores and/or law

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Rule

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The acquiring of the culture by a person through deliberate instruction by other members of that society.

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Direct learning

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Behaviors which when violated carry only informal sanctions such as scolding or ridicule.

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Folkways

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A form of family government where the father, or male, possesses the power and right of decision-making.

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Patriarchal family

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A grouping of people with similar socio-economic status.

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Class

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A family unit that is made up of a married man and woman and their children.

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Nuclear family

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A family government where the mother or female possesses power and the right of decision-making.

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Matriarchal family

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The belief that one’s own race, nation, group or culture is superior to all others.

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Ethnocentrism

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Two or more people, unrelated by either blood or marriage who are sharing living quarters together.

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Cohabitants

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A household unit consisting of one mother, one father, all of their unmarried children, their sons, son’s wives, and their children.

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Extended joint family

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A governing system characterized by specialization, hierarchy, formal rules, impersonality, and a specialized administrative staff.

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Bureaucratization

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Existential statements about the physical and social world.

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Beliefs

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The change from rural to urban areas.

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Urbanization

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The offspring or children of a specific set of parents.

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Issue

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Dealing with agriculture, farm-based. The locale of the extended joint family system.

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Agrarian

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A must behavior of a people enforced by those elected to govern; a rule of action prescribed by an authority able to enforce its will.

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Law

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Must behavior; rules of behavior which are considered vital to the welfare of the group or companied by relatively severe sanctions.

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Mores

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Pertaining to demography; the science of vital statistics, or of births, deaths, marriages, etc. of population.

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Demographic

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Common traits or patterns found in all cultures of mankind.

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Cultural universal

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Arrangements between a funeral establishment and family which designates details of the funeral service, including the selection of merchandise, prior to the death of a person.

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Pre-need programs

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The study of death, derived from the name Thanatos, Greek god of death.

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Thanatology

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An action performed during a rite which may or may not have symbolic meaning to the participants or observers of the action.

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Ceremony or Ritual

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A set of knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, and rules for behavior that are held commonly within a society.

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Culture

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Living or happening in the same period.

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Contemporary

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Those funeral rites that follow a prescribed ritual which may be dictated either by religious beliefs or social customs.

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Traditional funeral rite

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The upward or downward movement of a person or family within the social classes of their society.

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Social mobility

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The belief that the created is reunited with the creator at death.

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Doctrine of atonement

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An all inclusive term used to encompass all funerals and/or memorial services.

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Funeral rite

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A rite adjusted to the needs of the family or the trends of the time.

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Adaptive funeral rite

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Behavioral patterns which are observable by others.

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Overt conduct

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The situation in which a person or entity is unknown.

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Anonymity

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An event which allows those who have something in common with each other to deal with one another in regard to that which they share in common.

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Social function

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A process by which a person learns the norms of his culture by observation of others in his or her society.

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Indirect learning

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The categorization of people according to their attainment or lack of attainment of finances or social status.

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Social stratification

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A family unit consisting of one male and one female, their children together, and any children they may have had from previous marriages.

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Blended family

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A process involving all activities associated with funeral disposition.

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Funeralization

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A group of people who are recognized as a distinct group on the basis of such characteristics as language, ancestry, or religion.

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Ethnic

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The movement of families away from where they were born.

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Neo-localism

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Any event performed in a solemn or prescribed manner.

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Rite

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The emotional attitude that recognizes other cultures as equivalent and pertinent.

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Cultural relativism

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A social behavior which is considered to be normal and is based on tradition.

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Customs

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The process by which a person learns the social values of a society.

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Enculturation or Socialization

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A culturally entrenched pattern of behavior made up of: 1. sacred beliefs, 2. emotional feelings accompanying the beliefs, and 3. overt conduct presumably implementing the beliefs and feelings

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Religion

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A group of persons forming a single community with some interests in common.

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Society

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The study of social groups, their modes of organization, the processes which tend to maintain or change these forms, and the relationships between the groups.

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Sociology

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Those funeral rites which deviate from the norm or prescribe circumstances of established customs.

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Non-traditional funeral rite

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A social prohibition of certain actions; a behavior which dictates that one must abstain from certain act.

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Taboo

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Anything to which socially created meaning is given.

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Symbol

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Of, or characteristic of the present or recent times; not ancient, often used to designate certain contemporary tendencies.

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Modern

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The change from individual crafting of products to the manufacturing of goods through mass production.

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Industrialization

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A family unit made up of one adult, either male or female, and their children.

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Single-parent family

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Ceremonies centering around transition in life from one status to another (Examples: Baptism, marriage, and the funeral).

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Rites of passage

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

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Humanistic funeral rite

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A right performed with the body present.

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Funeral

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The funeral rite held without the body present. This includes cremated remains.

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Memorial service

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Todd Van Beck stated the funeral does what 4 specific things?

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  1. Provides acting-out ceremonies
  2. Provides the framework for group support
  3. Encourages the expression of feelings
  4. Provides values to live by
64
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What was Bowlby’s Theory?

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Humans have an instinctive need to form strong attachments to others.

Attachments come from a need for security and safety

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What was Eric Lindemann’s Theory?

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There is a Grief Syndrome: Somatic and bodily distress; the inability to function as one had prior to the death

There is Grief Work: Emancipation from bondage to the deceased; formation of new relationships

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What are William Wordons 4 tasks of Mourning?

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  • To accept the reality of the loss
  • To experience the pain of grief and to express emotions associated with it
  • To adjust to the environment in which the deceased is missing
  • To withdraw emotional energy and reinvest it in another relationship
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What are the 5 levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? (Starting from the bottom up)

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  • Physiological
  • Safety
  • Love / Belonging
  • Esteem
  • Self Actualization
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An emotion or group of emotions caused by loss.

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Grief

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The act or event of loss that results in the experience of grief.

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Bereavement

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An adjustment process that involve grief or sorrow over a period of time and helps in the reorganization of the life of an individual following the loss or death of someone loved.

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Mourning

71
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What are the Stages of Dying?

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  • Denial
  • Anger
  • Bargaining
  • Depression
  • Acceptance
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A defense mechanism by which a person is unable or refuses to see things as they are because such facts are threatening to the self.

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Denial (as a Stage of Dying)

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Blame directed at another person

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Anger (as a Stage of Dying)

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Attempting to make deals with god to stop or changes the diagnosis by begging, wishing, praying not to die, or at leat to delay death.

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Bargaining (as a Stage of Dying)

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Overwhelming feelings of hopelessness, frustration, bitterness, self-pity, mourning the impending loss of hopes, dreams and plans for the future. The person feels a lack of control or numbness.

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Depression (as a Stage of Dying)

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Knowing the impending death is real, not liking the fact, but realizing you must go on.

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Acceptance (as a Stage of Dying)

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A process occurring with loss, aimed at loosening the attachment to the dead for reinvesting in the living.

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Grief Work

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A set of symptoms associated with loss.

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Grief Syndrome

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Helping people facilitate grief to a healthy completion of the tasks of grieving within a reasonable time frame.

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Grief Counseling

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Specialized tecniques which are used to help people with complicated grief reactions.

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Grief Therapy

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The reactions of the body to an event often experienced emotionally as a sudden, violent and upsetting disturbance.

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Feelings

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A state of tension typically characterized by rapid heartbeat and shortness of breath. An emotion characterized by a vague fear or premonition that something undesirable is going to happen.

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Anxiety

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