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| is defined as a population of people who share the same geographic territory and culture. |
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| or formalized groups of individuals who work toward a common organizational (and often personal) set of goals. |
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: Normative organizations
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are organizations that people join because they perceive their goals as being socially or morally worthwhile (e.g., Greenpeace, MADD-Mothers against Drunk Driving).
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are organizations where people typically are forced to do the work against their will (e.g., prison).
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Utilitarian organizations
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are organizations where people do the work because of some tangible benefit which they expect to receive (e.g., Barnes and Noble, an accounting firm). In other words, people are paid to do the work. This is probably the organization you are most familiar with.
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| hunting and gathering societies |
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| those whose economies are based on hunting animals and gathering vegetation |
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| horticultural and pastoral societies, |
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| those characterized by domestication of animals and the use of hand tools to cultivate plants |
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| utilize advanced technologies to support crops and livestock |
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| utilize machinery and energy sources rather than humans and animals for production. |
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| post-industrial societies |
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| where societal production is based on creating, processing, and storing information. |
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| the study of social structure and how it influences social stability |
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| the study of social structure and how it influences social change |
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| is a shared conscious among society’s members who each has a similar form of livelihood. |
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| which is a sense of interdependence on the specializations of occupations in modern society. |
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| which is the resulting influence of industrialization on society’s members where they feel disconnected and powerless in the final direction of their destinies. |
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| means impersonal associations. |
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| which is the degree to which members of a group or a society feel united by shared values and other social bonds |
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| refers to the recurring patterns of behavior in society which people create through their interactions and relationships. |
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| is a position within the social structure. |
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| is present at birth and is said to be unchangeable (race or sex) |
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| is attained through one’s choices and efforts (college student, movie star, teacher, or athlete); |
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| is a status which stands out above our other statuses and which distracts others from really seeing who we are. Each status comes with attendant roles. |
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| are the rights and responsibilities attached to a status. |
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| is the burden one feels within any given status. |
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| When the roles in one status come into conflict with the roles in other statuses |
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| is usually defined as a collection consisting of a number of people who share certain aspects, interact with one another, accept rights and obligations as members of the group, and share a common identity. |
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| consist of small groups with intimate face-to-face contact |
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| are larger groups whose relationships are formal and institutional |
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| are a group of two people |
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| are a group of three people. |
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is the study of groups and their structures
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| one who is concerned with who the people in the group are and making sure they are well tended. |
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| who are concerned with achieving tasks. |
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