week 3

Question 1

Social factors which affect American funeral rites

Answer 1

1. Economic
2. Social stratification
3. geographic
4. family structure
5. religion
6. government
7. education level
8. Ethnicity
9. other?

Question 2

Categorization of people by money, prestige and power; a ranking of social status (position) in groups such as upper, middle and lower class

• Funeral rite may represent a status symbol
• those on lower social stratification experience the highest frequency of premature death

Answer 2

social stratification

Question 3

• Area in which a family lives will affect the conduct of the funeral rite
• neo-localism

Answer 3

Geographic

Question 4

the tendency of off-spring to move away from the area in which they were born

Answer 4

neo-localism

Question 5

• significant changes in funeralization during the twentieth century as a result of change
• location of funeral rite and preparation of the body; increasing the presence and utilization of funeral homes
• changes in direct involvement by family and friends
• Increased responsibility placed on funeral director
• -need for increased knowledge in social sciences and counseling ability

Answer 5

Changes in American funeral rites

Question 6

1. the casket represents a smaller portion of the total expense
2. increase in charges for services rendered by the funeral director

Answer 6

cost of funeral no longer focused upon the price of the casket; changes in American funeral rites

Question 7

1. burial greater distance from home
2. selection of funeral home no longer influenced as much by its proximity to the family home, as long as it can be reached easily by car; families will travel longer distances for better service and/or facility

Answer 7

influence of the automobile; changes in American funeral rites

Question 8

1. transportation of human remains over long distances in short periods of time
2. facilitates return to Neo-local family members to traditional family burial grounds
3. family member able to attend funeral rites of relatives in other areas

Answer 8

influence of the airplane; changes in American funeral rites

Question 9

1. transition from “church yard” cemeteries to “memorial park” type cemeteries
2. Increase in ; cremation, body donation, entombment, direct burial, comumbariums

Answer 9

influence of disposition ; changes in American funeral rites

Question 10

defined as reducing the body to its natural element by intense heat (natural element is bone fragment)

Answer 10

cremation

Question 11

niches that hold urns of the cremated dead

Answer 11

columbarium

Question 12

1. traditional funeral rites
2. adaptive funeral rite
3. humanistic funeral rite
4. immediate disposition
5. primitive funeral rite

Answer 12

influence of organized religions ; changes in American funeral rites

Question 13

a funeral rite that follows a prescribed ritual or ceremony which may be dictated either by religious belief or social custom

Answer 13

traditional funeral rite

Question 14

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 time

Answer 14

adaptive funeral rite

Question 15

without any religious connotation

Answer 15

humanistic funeral rite

Question 16

any disposition of human remains which is completely devoid of any form of funeral rite at the time of disposition

Answer 16

immediate disposition

Question 17

those which may be construed as being identifiable with a pre-literate influence, which predominates the funeral rite

Answer 17

primitive funeral rite

Question 18

Changes in American funeral rites

Answer 18

1. location of funeral rite and preparation of the body
2. changes in direct involvement by family and friends
3. increased responsibility placed on funeral director
4. cost of funeral no longer focused upon the price of the casket
5. influence of the automobile
6. influence of the airplane
7. influence of disposition
8. influence of organized religions
9. influence of immigration