socio stratification Flashcards
define social stratification
the division of members of society into a hierarchy based on charactenstics such as income, wealth, power, prestige, status, age and gender.
role expectancy
the way in which an individual of a certain status is expected to act
role conflict
a clash of roles in which one supersedes the other
status
someone’s position in society
race
a group of people who have similar biological traits that are passed on to subsequent generations: for example, skin and eg colour, hair texture and facial structure.
synonym for the estate system
feudalism
a system of stratification
A system of stratification consists of the institutions and ideas that allow or limit the distribution of prestige,
slavery is an example of …
a closed stratification system
describe the estate system
This system of stratification was also closed. It existed in Europe in the medieval period and is go known as feudalism.
where is the caste system most popularly found?
india and in the hindu religion
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what is the lowest class in the caste system
the untouchables aka panchamas aka dalits
describe the caste system
lHindus believe in reincarnation and in the caste system it is considered that individuals who abide by the rituals of their caste. will be reborn in a higher caste and that (correspondingly) people who fail to abide by the ritas of their caste will be reborn in a lower caste. In this system, one’s status is given at birth and one spends one’s entire life in the same caste. People from different castes do not socialise wis each other, and intermariage is therefore forbidden.
