UCSP 3

Question 1

It is a collection of individuals who have relations with each other thoughts, actions, and behavior are interdependent to some
significant degree

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SOCIAL GROUPS

Question 2

a mere collection of people within a particular place and time do not necessary influence our social actions

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AGGREGATES

Question 3

It is a small group in which a small number of persons come into direct contact with one another.

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PRIMARY GROUP

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Secondary relationships involve not strong personal ties and little emotional knowledge of one another.

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SECONDARY GROUP

Question 5

group of people to whom we compare ourselves. We use reference groups to guide our behavior and
attitudes and help us to identify ourselves within our social norms

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REFERENCES GROUP

Question 6

social structure between actors, connecting them through various social familiarities

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NETWROK GROUP

Question 7

refers to the classification of other individuals into particular group memberships based on characteristics
deemed meaningful by society.

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SELF- CATEGORIZATION THEORY

Question 8

A system by which society categorizes people, and ranks them in hierarchy

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SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

Question 9

FOUR BASIC PRINCIPLES OF STRATIFICATION

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1. Social stratification is a trait of society, not simple a reflection of individual differences;
2. Social stratification carries over from generation to generation;
3. Social stratification is universal but variable;
4. Social stratification involves not just inequality but beliefs as well

Question 10

• Extremely rigid
• Allow for little mobility
• Social position is based ascribed status

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CLOSED SYSTEM

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Closed stratification system because people are unable to change their own understanding.

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CASTE SYSTEM

Question 12

• It is composed of people who share the same background and characteristic such as income, education and
  occupation.

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SOCIAL SYSTEM

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• Allow much more social mobility.
• Mobility both upward and downward.
• Social position tends to be achieved not ascribed.

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OPEN SYSTEM

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• It is a stratification system based on ownership of resources and the individual’s occupation or profession.
• It is composed of people who share the same background and characteristic such as income, education and
  occupation.

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CLASS SYSTEM

Question 15

• It is another system of stratification that is determined by personal effort and merit

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MERITOCRACY

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STRUCTURE OF INEQUALITY

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1. INCOME
2. WEALTH
3. A NETWORK OF SOCIAL CONNECTIONS

Question 17

perspective examines on how the different aspect of society contribute to ensuring its stability and
continued function.

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FUNCTIONALISM

Question 18

Introduced by Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore in 1945, proposed that social role that has greater functional purpose
will result in greater rewards.

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DAVIS-MOORE THESIS

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o Takes a critical view of social stratification and considers society as benefitting only on a small segment.
o Believe that stratification perpetuates inequality and they drew many ideas from the works of Karl Marx.

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CONFLICT THEORY

Question 20

Refrains from looking into larger structural factors that defines social stratification and contribute to inequality and
poverty.

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SYMBOLIC INTERACTION

Question 21

Refers to buying certain products to make a social statement about social status

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THEORY OF CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION

Question 22

According to Robert MacIver and Charles Page, it refers to transformations that alter the roles and status of people as
well as the structure and organization of society and institutions.

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SOCIAL CHANGE

Question 23

Production of new objects, ideas, and social patterns.

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INVENTION

Question 24

Taking note of existing elements of a culture

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DISCOVERY

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The spread of products, people and information from one culture to another.

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DIFFUSION

Question 26

Social conflict arising from inequality would force changes in every society.

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CONFLICT

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Ideas can fuel social movements which bring about change.

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IDEAS

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Migration within and among societies promotes change.

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DEMOGRAPHICS

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It refers to the dynamic process where the living cultures ofthe world change and adapt to external or internal forces.

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CULTURAL CHANGE

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It is the spread of culture including aspects such as clothing and food from one group to another, typically as a result
of contacting a new group for the first time.

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CULTURAL DIFFUSION

Question 31

It is the process oftranslating a new idea into something that can create value.

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INNOVATION

Question 32

Diffusion takes place in these five steps:

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1. Knowledge
2. Persuasion
3. Decision
4. Implementation
5. Confirmation

Question 33

a process where a minority adopts the cultural aspects ofthe majority without losing its own traditions
and customs. Its process has many outcomes like assimilation, rejection, integration, and marginalization.

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ACCULTURATION

Question 34

process where some ofthe majority community’s cultural aspects are absorbed and the home or
minority’s cultural aspects get mitigated or lost.

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ASSIMILATION

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It occurs when two social groups or classes are so different that a compromise between them is impossible.

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SOCIAL CONTRADICTIONS

Question 36

It is caused by social contradiction

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SOCIAL TENSION

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It can be a result of ethnic conflict or class conflict.

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POLITICAL VIOLENCE

Question 38

• It entails a public seizure of the state with the main goal of overturning the existing political structures.

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REVOLUTION

Question 39

It occurs non-state actors use violence against civilians to achieve their political goals which are in the long
run aimed at state actors.

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TERRORISM

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When the state uses violence againstits own people as a matter of state policy like
genocide.

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State-sponsored Terrorism

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economic, cultural, and political processes that connect state and non-state elements in a
manner that transcends territorial boundaries.

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GLOBALIZATION

Question 42

o It is a process that is different from and goes beyond the process of trans nationalization or internationalization of
capital.
o It enabled the physical movement of people that is made more possible by developments in transportation technology

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GLOBALIZATION