chapter 4 Flashcards
achieved status
The status a person chooses, such as level of education or income
agricultural societies
societies that rely on farming as a way of life
alienation
an individuals isolation from his society, his work, and his sense of self
anomie
A situation in which society no longer has the support of a firm collective consciousness
lack of social norms
ascribed status
The status outside of an individuals control, such as sex or race
bourgeoisie
The owners of the means of production in a society
capitalism
A way of organizing an economy so that the things that are used to make, and transport products are owned by individual people and companies rather than the government
class consciousness
The awareness of one’s rank in society
collective conscience
The communal beliefs, morals, and attitudes of a society
false conscientiousness
A condition in which the beliefs, ideals, or ideology of a person are not in the persons own best interest
feudal societies
societies that operate on a strict hierarchal system of power-based around land ownership and protection
habitualization
The idea that society is constructed by us, and those before us, and is followed like a habit
horticulture societies
Society spaced around the cultivation of plants
hunter gatherer societies
societies that depend on hunting wild animals and gathering uncultivated plants for survival
industrial societies
societies characterized by our reliance on mechanized labor to create material goods