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Social Stratification
The ranking of people according to their wealth, prestige, or party position. TERM 2
Caste system of social stratification
DEFINITION 2 a system of stratificationin which one's social position is ascribed at birth, ones's value is assessed in terms of religious or traditional beliefs, and in which upward social mobility is impossible TERM 3
class system of social stratification
DEFINITION 3 a system of stratification found in industrial societies in which one's class is determined by one's wealth in which vertical social mobility is possible TERM 4
middle class
DEFINITION 4 The middle class is any class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. TERM 5
working class
DEFINITION 5 Working class is a term used in the social sciences and in ordinary conversation to describe those employed in lower tier jobs (as measured by skill, education and lower incomes), often extending to those in unemployment or otherwise possessing below-average incomes.
lower class
Working class is a term used in the social sciences and in ordinary conversation to describe those employed in lower tier jobs (as measured by skill, education and lower incomes), often extending to those in unemployment or otherwise possessing below-average incomes. TERM 7
genocide
DEFINITION 7 the deliberate destruction of an entire racial or ethnic group TERM 8
gender
DEFINITION 8 a social status that refers to differences between the sexes, specifically to differences in masculinity and femininity TERM 9
gender roles
DEFINITION 9 The cultural concepts of masculinity and feminity that society creates around gender TERM 10
racism
DEFINITION 10 discrimination based on racial characteristics
exogamy
a marriage norm requiring a person to marry someone from outside his or her own group TERM 17
polygamy
DEFINITION 17 the marraige of one man or woman to more than one personat the same time TERM 18
polygyny
DEFINITION 18 the marriage of one man to more than one wife at the same time TERM 19
polyandry
DEFINITION 19 the marriage of one woman to more than one husband at the same time TERM 20
monogamy
DEFINITION 20 The marriage of one man to one woman
patrilocality
a family norm that newly married couples should live with the husbands family TERM 22
matrilocality
DEFINITION 22 a family norm that newly married couples should live with the wife's family TERM 23
religion
DEFINITION 23 an organized community of believers who hold certain things sacred and follow a set of beliefs, ceremonies, or special behaviors TERM 24
sacred
DEFINITION 24 involving objects and ideas that are treated with reverence and awe TERM 25
profane
DEFINITION 25 that which belongs to the realm of the everyday world; anything considered mundane and unspiritual
