Lesson 4: Sociocultural Evolution Flashcards
The 3 Features of Society
- Omnipotent
- Omnipresent
- Omniscient
All-knowing
omniscience
All-powerful
Omnipotence
Everywhere
Omnipresent
Laws
Omnipotent
Superstitious beliefs that control our social behavior
Omniscience
Consciousness about our past and identity
Omnipresent
The 5 Kinds of Societies
- Hunting and Gathering
- Horticultural and Pastoral
- Agricultural
- Industrial
- Post-Industrial
The first society
Hunting and Gathering
This society is nomadic and divides labor
Hunting and Gathering
True or False: Men are the gatherers.
False, women
True or False: Women are the hunters.
False, men.
True or False: Women are the gatherers.
True
True or False: Men are the hunters.
True
Oldest and most basic way of economic subsistence for hunting animals and vegetation for food
Hunting and Gathering
The cultivation of plants
Horticultural
The use of animals as transportation and source of food
Pastoral
Species that first started fire?
Homo Erectus
Shift to sedentary life
Horti and Pastoral
Species that first started thinking and recognizing different concepts
Homo sapiens
Small-scale gathering and farming
Horti and Pastoral
Species that became erect and could first stand
Homo erectus
Species that could walk fast
Homo habilis
Neolithic Age
Agricultural Society
Wealthier than horti and pastoral
Agricultural
Food production through animal domestication
Agricultural
High degree of conflict and inequality
Agricultural
Where stratification was most present
Industrial Age
Technological advancements
Industrial
Where money was first used
Agricultural
Computer technological advancements
Post-industrial
People exclusively relied on nature for subsistence
Hunting and Gathering
Religious and spiritual beliefs that are ecocentric
Hunting and Gathering
Where trading intensified
Agricultural
Technology and machinery allowing for mass production
Industrial
High capacity for division of labor
Industrial
Provides services instead of goods and products
Post-industrial
The 3 Types of Evolution
- Biological
- Cultural
- Sociocultural
Genetic changes and inherited biological traits passed down from one generation to another
Biological Evolution
Changes and developments in culture
Cultural Evolution
How cultures in societies and societies itself develop and change over time
Sociocultural Evolution