2. INTERDEPENDENCY
every part of society is dependent to
some extend on other parts of society,
so that what happens at one place in
society has important effects
elsewhere.
3. FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE
AND CULTURE
the idea that each part of the
social system exists because it
serves some function.
4. FUNCTIONS OF SOCIAL STRUCTURE
AND CULTURE
Social structure refers to the organization of
society, including its institutions, its social
positions, and its distribution of resources.
Culture refers to a set of beliefs, language, rules,
values, and knowledge held in common by
members of a society.
5. CONSENSUS AND COOPERATION
Societies have a tendency toward
consensus: that is to have certain basic
values that nearly everyone in the society
agrees upon.
Societies tent toward consensus in order
to achieve cooperation.
6. EQUILIBRIUM
Society has achieved the form that is best
adapted to its situation.
New technology, a change in climate, or contact
with an outside society are all conditions to
which a society might have to adapt.
