SOC 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Economic Surplus, Exogamy, Nonverbal Communication

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 103
• Professor: Graeme Metcalf

Document Summary

Soc 103 module 3 chapter 3: culture, society and history. Culture is a system shared by all members in a society. Ethnocentrism ones culture is normal and superior. Hard to pinpoint canadian culture because of its young age and constant change. Competition, hard work, individual enterprise, and personal accumulation of wealth. Mode of production (karl marx) the way humans get the things they need for survival must be central to how they organize their societies and construct their cultures. Societies economy must be linked to: ecology (what nature provides), demography (characteristics of population), and technology (tools and methods of survival) Socioeconomic formation a society with a specific mode of production. Exogamy keeps gene pool open, share of resources, minimize competition, socialization. Neolithic revolution shift to domesticated plants and animals as a major food source. Resulted from growing populations, greater permanence of settlements, and the possibility of a stable economic surplus.