Why doesn't society breakdown into a war of all against all

1. must have effective way to interact or respond to environment
   • a. how to take what you need/ want without destroying it.
     
     
   • b. other social system - trade, communication, defense etc.
   
   
   
2. must have adequate way to encourage sexual relations for reproduction
   
   
3. sufficient differentiation of roles - and way to assign people to roles (believe societies must be stratified to survive)
   
   
4. adequate communication system - shared symbolic system,; lang.
   This makes cultural system possible and this in turn is what holds society together
   
   
5. shared system of values - look at world the same way
   
   
6. normative systems - regulates means to achieve goals
   
   
7. regulate affective expression - must have some control on emotions
   
   
8. socialization of new members
   
   
9. way to control disruptive behavior

1. STRATIFICATION IS UNIVERSAL AND NECESSARY
   
   
2. NO SOCIETY IS UNSTRATIFIED
   
   
3. STRATIFICATION IS A FUNCTIONAL NECESSITY
   
   
4. STRATIFICATION DOES NOT REFER TO PEOPLE, BUT, TO A SYSTEM OF POSITIONS
   
   WE ATTACH PRESTIGE TO DIFFERENT POSITIONS
   
   
5. THE FOCUS BECOMES ON HOW PEOPLE GET INTO "PROPER" POSITIONS. HOW DOES SOCIETY INSTILL IN INDIVIDUALS THE DESIRE TO FILL A POSITION? ONCE IN POSITIONS, HOW DO YOU GET FOLKS TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS?
   
   
6. WE RANK POSITIONS ACCORDING TO:
   
   
   • SOME ARE MORE PLEASANT THAN OTHERS
     
     
   • SOME ARE MORE IMPORTANT TO SURVIVAL OF SOCIETY THAN OTHERS
     
     
   • SOME REQUIRE DIFFERENT ABILITIES AND TALENTS
     
     
7. ASSUME THAT THE POSITIONS AT THE TOP ARE LESS PLEASANT, MORE IMPORTANT, AND MORE DIFFICULT
   
   
8. IF WE ATTACH SIGNIFICANT REWARDS TO TOP POSITIONS THOSE WITH THE TALENT AND DRIVE WILL DEFER GRATIFICATION AND STRIVE FOR THE TOP POSITIONS
   
   THE CREAM RISES TO THE TOP!!