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Cards in this set: Term Hunting and Gathering Society Definition A society that depends on hunting and gathering; labor by sex Term Shaman Definition individual thought to be able to influence spiritual forces; must help obtain food Term Pastorial Society Definition Society based on pasturing animals; in areas with low rainfall; remained nomadic Term Horticultural Society Definition Society based on cultivation of plants by the use of hand tools; developed into permenant settlements Term Domestication Revolution Definition Happened gradually over 1000's of years;changed human history; allowed development of division of labor; indirectly stimulated trade Term Agricultural Revolution/ "Dawn of Civilization" Definition Created an unseen surplus of crops; created more time for leisure not farming; Inventions: wheel, writing, and numbers Term Industrial Revolution Definition Began with the invention of the steam engine Term Industrial Society Definition society where goods are produced by machines powered by fuels, instead of animals, or brute force Term Postindustrial/ Information Society Definition society based on information, services, and high technology rather than raw materials and manufacturing Term biotech society Definition society whose economy centers around the application of genetics; Tobacco that fights cancer, and spider milk in goats Term Aggregate Definition people sharing the same space, but dont consider themselves as one group; people in a grocery line, or drivers at a red light Term category Definition a statisic; people who make up a category don't interact with eachother; 78% of COLLEGE FRESHAMN will gain weight Term Primary Group Definition groups characterized by Charles Cooley for intimate long-term face to face association and cooperation; family and friends Term secondary groups Definition large; anonymous; based on common interest and staus; a college classroom Term in-groups Definition groups which we feel loyalty to Term out groups Definition groups toward which we feel antagonism Term instrumental leader Definition tries to keep group moving toward goals Term expressive leader Definition usually not recognized as leader; increases harmony Term groupthink Definition coined by Irvis Janis refers to collective tunnel vision; seemingly only one correct answer Term dyad Definition consists of two members; most unstable of human groups Term Capitalism Definition the investment of capital wit the hopes of gaining more capital Term formal organizations Definition secondary groups designed to achieve explicit objectives Term bureaucracies Definition a formal organization with a hieracrchy of authority, division of labor; emphasis on written rules Term alienation Definition Coined by Carl Marx as a term for workers' lack of connection to their product; feel as though they are objects Term Peter Priniciple Definition promotion based on accomplishments until they reach the appropiate level where the remain Term Goal displacement Definition even after an organization achieves its goal, and has no need to continue, it does; adoption of new goals by an organization Term voluntary associations Definition a group of volunteers who make up an organization based on mutual interest; NAACP Term the iron law of oligarchy Definition coined by Robert Michels;refers to how organizations come to be ruled by small elite members Term humanizing a work setting Definition develpos rather than impedes human potential; flexible Term maximum security workplace Definition use of comps and surveillence to mointor workers