4. •GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS SHARING A COMMON
CULTURE, GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION, AND
GOVERNMENT.
•“THAT COMPLEX WHOLE WHICH ENCOMPASSES
BELIEFS, PRACTICES, VALUES, ATTITUDES, LAWS,
NORMS, ARTIFACTS, SYMBOLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND
EVERYTHING THAT A PERSON LEARNS AND SHARES
AS A MEMBER OF SOCIETY” – E. B. TAYLOR
SOCIETY
5. ELEMENTS OF SOCIETY:
• SOCIAL SOLIDARITY
• SHARED IDENTITY AND CULTURE
• COMMON LANGUAGE
• LARGE POPULATIONS AND THE ABILITY TO SUSTAIN SUCCEEDING OF MEMBERS
• DEFINITE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA
• POLITICAL, ECONOMICAL, AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
7. HUNTING AND GATHERING
• THE FAMILY AND LOCAL CLAN ORGANIZED HUNTING
AND GATHERING ACTIVITIES AND DISTRIBUTED
THE ACCUMULATED FOOD SUPPLY.
8. HORTICULTURAL AND PASTORAL SOCIETIES
• INTRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURE
AS A MORE STABLE FOOD
PRODUCTION METHOD. RELIED ON
THE CULTIVATION OF PLANTS AS
THEIR PRIMARY SOURCE OF FOOD.
9. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES
• FOOD PRODUCTION IS MORE EFFICIENT
DUE TO NEW METHODS OF FARMING,
THE INVENTION OF MORE ADVANCED
TOOLS, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
PERMANENT SETTLEMENTS.
13. CULTURE
• SET OF BELIEFS , IDEAS, VALUES, PRACTICES,
KNOWLEDGE, HISTORY, AND SHARED
EXPERIENCES, ATTITUDES, AS WELL AS MATERIAL
OBJECTS AND POSSESSIONS ACCUMULATED OVER
TIME AND SHARED BY MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
14. PRIMARY CATEGORIES
•MATERIAL CULTURE
• THE PHYSICAL OR TANGIBLE OBJECT
PRODUCED, SHARED, AND UTILIZED
WITHIN A SOCIETY
•NONMATERIAL CULTURE
• INTANGIBLE PROPERTIES AND ELEMENTS
OF SOCIETY THAT INFLUENCE THE
PATTERNS OF ACTION AND BEHAVIOR OF
ITS MEMBERS.
17. LANGUAGE
• SET OF SYMBOLS THAT ENABLES
MEMBERS TO COMMUNICATE
VERBALLY AND NONVERBALLY.
18. VALUES
• SHARED IDEAS, NORMS, AND PRINCIPLES THAT PROVIDE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY THE STANDARDS THAT PERTAIN TO
WHAT IS RIGHT OR WRONG.
19. NORMS
• SHARED IDEAS, NORMS, AND
PRINCIPLES THAT DETERMINE SPECIFIC
BEHAVIOR AMONG SOCIETY MEMBERS.
20. CATEGORIES OF NORMS
•FOLKWAYS
• MAY BE VIOLATED WITHOUT SERIOUS CONSEQUENCE
•MORES
• NORMS WITH MORAL CONNOTATIONS
•LAWS
• LEGALLY ENACTED AND ENFORCED