The term society refers to: the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society. the belief that those species of animals, including human beings, best adapted to their environment survive and prosper, whereas those poorly adapted die out. the patterned ways of acting, thinking, and feeling that exist outside any one individual but that exert social control over each person. a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations.