Sociology Lecture 122 PDF

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An estate system, or a feudal system, develops when high-status groups own land and have power based on their noble birth.

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Slaves are on the lowest categories in any social stratification and inequality system, as they have no power or wealth of their own.

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A Social class consists of people who occupy similar positions of power, privilege, and prestige.

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Four main sources of stratification that coexist in contemporary societies include slavery, caste, estate, and social class systems.

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Their lives are owned, controlled, coerced, and restricted.

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People are assigned occupations regardless of their talents, interests, or potential.

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Stratification is necessary and plays a major role in society because it promotes excellence and gives people the motivation to strive for, which also allows everyone to benefit to a certain extent.

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Slavery is a system of stratification in which some people are the property of others. Slaves are commonly exploited for labor for economic gain.

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A caste system determines the lifestyle, prestige, and occupational choices, and is traditionally fixed at births.

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They are most commonly found in preindustrial societies, like Medieval Europe.

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This concept is also based on the assumption that knowledge is a human creation.

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Heteronormative culture is a culture where heterosexuality is accepted as the normal, taken-for-granted mode of sexual expression.

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They are determined at birth based on their ascribed characteristics.

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Stratification exists not only among different groups within the same society but also among different societies within a global community.

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Reflexive behavior is to have a self to have the ability to plan, observe, guide, and to respond to our own actions.

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Wealthy nations are better able to control the world’s financial resources than poor nations are.

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The media is our primary source of information about local, nation, and international events and people.

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Overall, it is a system of stratification characterized by control of land and common during feudalism.

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In many societies, people see the imported elements of culture as dangerous encroachments on long-held traditions and national unity.

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The everyday lives of ordinary people in these societies are qualitatively different from the lives of those in agricultural or industrial societies.

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Estate system is a form of social stratification....