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A sociocultural system is a "human 
The term "sociocultural system. " embraces three concepts: society, culture, and system. A society is several interdependent organisms of the same species. A culture is the learned behaviors that are shared by the members of society, together with the material products of such behaviors. The words "society" and "culture" are fused together to form the word "sociocultural". A system is "a collection of parts which interact with each other to function as a whole". The term sociocultural system is most likely to be found in the writings of anthropologists who specialize in ecological anthropology.
In 1979, Marvin Harris outlined a universal structure of sociocultural systems. He mentioned Sociocultural Systems:Principles of Structure and Change
Frank W. Elwell, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 CA.
population
Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...
viewed (1) in its ecological context and (2) as one of the many subsystems of a larger ecological system".
The term "sociocultural system. " embraces three concepts: society, culture, and system. A society is several interdependent organisms of the same species. A culture is the learned behaviors that are shared by the members of society, together with the material products of such behaviors. The words "society" and "culture" are fused together to form the word "sociocultural". A system is "a collection of parts which interact with each other to function as a whole". The term sociocultural system is most likely to be found in the writings of anthropologists who specialize in ecological anthropology.
In 1979, Marvin Harris outlined a universal structure of sociocultural systems. He mentioned infrastructure
Infrastructure is the set of facilities and systems that serve a country, city, or other area, and encompasses the services and facilities necessary for its economy, households and firms to function. Infrastructure is composed of public and pri ...
(production and population), structure (which is behavioural, like corporations, political organizations, hierarchies, castes), and a superstructure
A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline. This term is applied to various kinds of physical structures such as buildings, bridges, or ships.
Aboard ships and large boats
On water craft, the superstruct ...
(which is mental, like beliefs, values, norms).Frank W. Elwell, CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 CA.
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Structure
A structure is an arrangement and organization of interrelated elements in a material object or system, or the object or system so organized. Material structures include man-made objects such as buildings and machines and natural objects such as ...
Complex systems theory