SOC227 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Juvenile Delinquency, Egocentrism, Prefrontal Cortex
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Mode of production- the dominant form of social and technical organizations of economic production in a society, historically, a variety of modes of production can be distinguished based on both technology and the structure of social relationships. Lenski developed the following classification: hunting and gathering, pastoral, horticultural, agricultural and industrial societies. Small- scale society discussion of their typical practices for settling disputes. Ideal type- theoretical construct which is abstracted from experience and brings together observed characteristics of real social relationships. Observed empirical instances are combined to create a social form that has conceptual coherence which is never entirely observed in any actual community but can be used as a standard against which to compare any real community. Collective solidarity- a state of social bonding or interdependency that rests on similarity of beliefs and values, shared activities and ties of kinship and cooperation among members of a community. The need for self-restraint hunting and gathering groups were small communities of approx.