Chapter 8 Social Stratification

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

• Social Stratification

• Stratification

• Social Mobility

• Horizontal Mobility

• Structural Social Mobility

A characteristic of society, and not a matter of individual differences is

• Social Stratification

• Stratification

• Social Mobility

• Horizontal Mobility

• Structural Social Mobility

Changes in position within the social hierarchy.

• Social Stratification

• Stratification

• Social Mobility

• Horizontal Mobility

• Structural Social Mobility

Changing position without changing your standing in the social hierarchy.

• Social Stratification

• Stratification

• Social Mobility

• Horizontal Mobility

• Structural Social Mobility

When a larger number of people move around the hierarchy because of larger societal changes.

• Social Stratification

• Stratification

• Social Mobility

• Horizontal Mobility

• Structural Social Mobility

__________ are what make the systems of social stratification work.

• Beliefs

• Traditions

• Opinions

Marriage within your own cast category.

• Endogamy

• Estates

• Apartheid

• Class System

• Meritocracy

The Nobility, the Clergy, and the Commoners.

• Endogamy

• Estates

• Apartheid

• Class System

• Meritocracy

A legally enforced separation between black people and white people.

• Endogamy

• Estates

• Apartheid

• Class System

• Meritocracy

__________________ combines ascribed status and personal achievement in a way that allows for some social mobility.

• Endogamy

• Estates

• Apartheid

• Class System

• Meritocracy