SOCL 3601 Chapter : SOCL 3601 Test One
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Major historical/social change occurs when 1 economic system, is overthrown and replaced with new one: feudalism: feudal owners became mobile and most people were forced to work on their manors. After, free market capitalism comes- all exploitive systems, only few people could become wealthy through work of others who received very little pay for their labor: communism is intellectual wound. Through ability to create and manipulate significant symbols. Symbols that have shared important meaning to everyone in society (can be many things-primarily language). Only through human"s ability to create and use language that allows us to create complex societies; language is a means of transmitting ideas, reflect on the past, thing about/plan/prepare for future, communicate about things not in our immediate presence. We can step outside of selves and view selves as object-think about who, what, why we are, and what we"re doing. Think about what, why, and how well we"re doing something.
