Sociology: Social Stratification
Social stratification - correct answer ✔system by which a society ranks
categories of people in a hierarchy
4 important principles of social stratification - correct answer ✔1) is a trait of
society, not simply a reflection of individual differences, 2) carries over from
generation to generation, 3) is universal but variable, 4) involves not just
inequality but beliefs as well
social mobility - correct answer ✔a change in position within the social
hierarchy
caste system - correct answer ✔social stratification based on ascription or
birth ( closed system, allows little change in social position )
caste system determines direction of persons life in 4 ways - correct answer
✔1) families in each caste system perform one type of work ( except farming )
2) demands that people marry others of the same ranking 3) guides everyday
life by keeping people in the company of their "own kind" 4) rest on powerful
cultural beliefs
class system - correct answer ✔social stratification based on both birth and
individual achievement ( open system, permits much more social mobility )
meritocracy - correct answer ✔social stratification based on personal merit
status consistency - correct answer ✔degree of uniformity in a persons
social standing across various dimensions of social inequality
, Aristocratic England - correct answer ✔First estate - church leaders
Second estate - hereditary nobility
Third estate - commoners
primogeniture - required all property to pass to the oldest son or other male
relation
structural social mobility - correct answer ✔a shift in the social position of
large numbers of people due more to change in society itself than to individual
efforts
ideology - correct answer ✔cultural beliefs that justify particular social
arrangements, including patterns of inequality
Davis-moore thesis - correct answer ✔states social stratification has
beneficial consequences for the operation of a society
capitalists - correct answer ✔people who own and operate factories and
other businesses in pursuit for profit
proletarians - correct answer ✔people who sell their labor for wages
alienation - correct answer ✔the experience of isolation and misery resulting
from powerlessness
reasons of not having a marxist revolution - correct answer ✔fragmentation
of the capitalist class, a higher standard of living, more worker organizations,
greater legal protections
Social stratification - correct answer ✔system by which a society ranks
categories of people in a hierarchy
4 important principles of social stratification - correct answer ✔1) is a trait of
society, not simply a reflection of individual differences, 2) carries over from
generation to generation, 3) is universal but variable, 4) involves not just
inequality but beliefs as well
social mobility - correct answer ✔a change in position within the social
hierarchy
caste system - correct answer ✔social stratification based on ascription or
birth ( closed system, allows little change in social position )
caste system determines direction of persons life in 4 ways - correct answer
✔1) families in each caste system perform one type of work ( except farming )
2) demands that people marry others of the same ranking 3) guides everyday
life by keeping people in the company of their "own kind" 4) rest on powerful
cultural beliefs
class system - correct answer ✔social stratification based on both birth and
individual achievement ( open system, permits much more social mobility )
meritocracy - correct answer ✔social stratification based on personal merit
status consistency - correct answer ✔degree of uniformity in a persons
social standing across various dimensions of social inequality
, Aristocratic England - correct answer ✔First estate - church leaders
Second estate - hereditary nobility
Third estate - commoners
primogeniture - required all property to pass to the oldest son or other male
relation
structural social mobility - correct answer ✔a shift in the social position of
large numbers of people due more to change in society itself than to individual
efforts
ideology - correct answer ✔cultural beliefs that justify particular social
arrangements, including patterns of inequality
Davis-moore thesis - correct answer ✔states social stratification has
beneficial consequences for the operation of a society
capitalists - correct answer ✔people who own and operate factories and
other businesses in pursuit for profit
proletarians - correct answer ✔people who sell their labor for wages
alienation - correct answer ✔the experience of isolation and misery resulting
from powerlessness
reasons of not having a marxist revolution - correct answer ✔fragmentation
of the capitalist class, a higher standard of living, more worker organizations,
greater legal protections
