ucsp walalang Flashcards
They are characterized by communal ownership of property and division of labor. Examples of these societies are the earliest clans and tribes
Pre-class societies
These were predominantly small, nomadic and leadership is unstable. The people had no specialization of skills; thus, they lived a simple
Simple societies
The people survived from day to day through hunting larger animals, collecting shellfish and vegetable gathering
Food gathering societies
The people are economically self-sufficient, but their leaders are despotic and powerful
Asiatic socities
Two or more simple societies merged to form a new and bigger society.
Compound societies
The people planted seeds as a means of production for subsistence.
Horticultural societies
These are characterized by private land ownership. The rich
(those who haves) owned big tract of private properties while the poor (those who-have-nots) worked as laborers. Thus, wealth is limited to a few people
Pastoral societies
The aristocrats (feudal lords) owned the wealth of the country
due to their ownership of big tracts of lands. The peasants worked on the lands of
the feudal lords with only a few benefits received by them
Feudal societies
These are characterized by the following: (a) the existence of
military organization and military rank; (b) individual lives and private possessions
are at the disposal of the State; and (c) individual activities such as recreation, movements, satisfaction of biological needs, and production of goods are totally regulated by the State. In other words, individuals exist to serve the State
Militant societies
In the early agricultural societies, people used plow than
hoe in food production.
Agricultural societies
These societies existed in societies were two classes of people
appeared. The bourgeoise (property owners) who owned the capital and the means of production and the proletariats (the laborers or workers) who are compelled to work for the capitalists or sell their small properties to the capitalists.
Capitalists societies
These societies are characterized by the following:
(a) people elect their representatives to protect their individual initiatives.
(b) freedom of belief,
religion, production of industrial goods exists.
(c) disputes and grievances are settled through peaceful arbitration; and
(d) business organizations
Industrial societies
These societies began in the 18th century during the Industrial Revolution and gained momentum by the turn of the 19th century. This period is characterized by using machines as a means of food production.
Industrial societies
These societies are characterized by free enterprise where people are free to engage in any lawful business for profit or gain. People had to work on their own livelihood according to what the law mandates
Democratic societies
These are characterized by:
(a) spread of computer machines and existence of information and communication.
(b) inventions and discoveries in medicines, agriculture, business whether in physical and natural sciences emerged; and
(c) pollution, diseases, calamities are prevalent because of the use of advanced technology
Post-industrial societies
What is the hallmark of these modern societies in Post-Industrial Societies or Information Societies?
Information and communication technology
refers to anything that is used to stand for something else. It is anything that gives meaning to the culture. People who share a culture often attach a specific meaning to an object, gesture, sound, or image
Symbols
known as the storehouse of culture (Arcinas, 2016). Its system of words and symbols is used to communicate with other people.
Language
refers to the application of knowledge and equipment to ease the task of living and maintaining the environment
Technology
culturally defined standards for what is good or desirable. Values determine how individuals will probably respond in any given circumstances. Members of the culture use the shared system of values to decide what is good and what is bad.
Values
refers to the faith of an individual ( David and Macaraeg, 2010). They are conceptions or ideas of people have about what is true in the environment around them like what is life, how to value it and how one’s belied on the value of life relate with his or her interaction with others and the world.
Beliefs
specific rules/standards to guide for appropriate behavior (Arcinas, 2016). These are societal expectations that mandate specific behaviors in specific situations
Norms
If violate norms, we look different. Thus, we can be called
social deviants
defines and tells us things not to do
proscriptive
defines and tells us things to do
prescriptive