SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Calvinism, Anomie, Social Fact

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Definition: people who interact in a defined territory and share culture. Always when we are unhappy then we change and move. Sociocultural evolution: the changes that occur as a society gains new technology. Societies range from simple to the technologically complex. It is the engine of technology that moves society, changes it. Societies simple in technology tend to remain small and change slowly. More technologically complex societies support bigger populations, more affluence, and constant change. Defined by the use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation. A few societies persist today in africa and malaysia. They depend on the family and on moving around (nomadic) The sexes regarded as having the same economic importance. Horticulture: use of hand tools to raise crops; emerged 10-12 000 years ago. Today found throughout south america, africa, and asia. Leads to a division of labor and inequality. See god as directly involved in well being of the world.