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29 Cards in this Set
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Agrarian society
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The application or irrigation and fertilization to horticulture society
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Associational society
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Highly impersonal relationships amongst people
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Communal society
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Personalized relationships amongst people
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Conflict theory on social evolution
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Change is universal and ongoing
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Cultural lag
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William Ogburn; Technology outpacing values and norms (credit card phenomena)
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Cultural relativism
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Respect the idea that every culture is different yet valid
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Diffusion
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Transmission of culture from one society to another
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Discovery
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A "thing" noticed that no persons noticed before
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Ethnocentrism
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Tendency to judge other cultures by the standards of ones own
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Folkways
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Concerning unimportant behaviors, such as greetings and such
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Functionalist on social evolution
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The constant change and imbalance in society causes societies to change and adapt (gas phenomena)
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Globalization
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The linkage of societies all over the world
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Great social transformation
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A change in society from communal to associational (due to rationalization, urbanization, industrialization, and bureaucratization)
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Horticulture society
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The cultivations of domesticated plants; farming (to be viewed vis-à-vis pastoral society)
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Human agency
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Groups assembling to achieve a certain goal
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Hunting & Gathering society
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Hunting animals and picking and collecting fruits, vegetables, and nuts
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Industrial society
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Technology and machinery are the main mode of sustenance
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Invention
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A product derived from innovation and cultural elements
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Language
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Words together representing a stronger more complex idea
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Mode of subsistence
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The mode of communities or nations attaining material of life. Such as food, water, energy
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Mores
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A higher degree of norms, regarding acts that may impact society, exempli gratia, Murder
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Multiculturism
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Vultures should be viewed from other cultural perspectives
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Norms
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Specific expectations about how people should behave
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Pastoral society
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To harvest domesticated animals; farming (to be views vis-à-vis horticulture society)
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Postindustrial society
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In addition to being industrial, a great value is place on specialized knowledge
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Social evolution
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A linear evolution of communities from simple to complex (for all societies)
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Taboos
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Actions that are so out of the ordinary as to be beyond comprehension
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Transitional societies
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From agrarian to industrial societies
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Value
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Preferences people share on what is good and/or bad
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