What is a Society. Defenition A society or a human society is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations such as social status,

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What is a Society

Defenition A society or a human

society is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations such as social status, roles and social networks

Related an association or

connection between two or more people that may range from fleeting (a short time) to enduring (a long time)

Social Status social status is the honor

or prestige attached to one's position in society (one's social position). It may also refer to a rank or position that one holds in a group, for example son or daughter, playmate, pupil, etc.

Roles or a social role is a set of

connected behaviors, rights and obligations as viewed by people in a social situation. It is an expected or changing behavior and may have a given individual social status or social position.

Social Networks is a social structure made

up of individuals (or organizations) called "nodes," which are tied (connected) by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, kinship, common interest, financial exchange, dislike, or relationships of beliefs, knowledge or prestige

More on Society Human societies are

characterized by patterns of relationships between individuals sharing a distinctive culture and institutions.

Culture The entire range of

customs, beliefs, social forms and material traits of a religious, social or racial group or in a given time period.

Culture Also Means the total of all knowledge,

experience, beliefs, values, attitudes, meanings, hierarchies, religion, notions of time, roles, and material objects acquired by a group of people in the course of generations through individual and group striving

Institutions are structures and

mechanisms of social order and cooperation governing the behavior of a set of individuals within a given human group

Final Note a society is a group of

individuals defined by the bounds of functional interdependence, possibly comprising characteristics such as national or cultural identity, social freedom, language or hierarchical organization

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