Module 5 Flashcards
A contract an individual enters with other human beings to achieve the common good
social contract theory
An organized group of people whose members interact frequently and have a common territory and culture
society
nomadic
Hunting and gathering society
- Domestication of Animals
- produced surplus foods for trading
pastoral society
- Small scale cultivation of plants
- domestication of animals
horticultural society
- Large scale and long term cultivation of crops/domestication of animals
- Improved technology, use of tools for farming
- Larger population; more structured social system
Agrarian or Agricultural Society
- Based on the ownership of land
-Feudal lords grant vassals right to manage land
- Vassals served by peasants who cultivate their land/animals, peasants are provided military protection
- Members are based on status, social relations by dependence
Feudal Society
- Based specialized machinery in the production of goods and services
- Work is mainly done in factories or companies, while capitalists and business owners are its most influential people
industrial society
- “Virtual society”
- Establishment of information, knowledge, and sale of services
- Information is essential (an important commodity) since it is able to influence people’s behavior
pos-industrial society
- Set of traits and behaviors society considers acceptable
-Help persons in their development and establish order in society
-Regulate human behavior and interactions
norms
- More formal and stringent, define acceptable behavior
- Prescribe the consequences and penalties if violated
laws
- Less format, arise from traditions
- A mode of thinking, feeling and acting
folkways
An organized or patterned set of relationships among individuals and groups of society.
social system
Actions and behaviors expected of a certain individual
Social Role
Members of society who share the same backgrounds/perform the same social roles
Social Groups/Classes
