Sociology Vocab #2

A system of stratification based on ascribed statuses.

• Caste System

• Class System

• Social System

• Political System

The ways in which we use our bodies consciously and unconciously to communicate.

• Brain/Head Language

• Body Language

• Heart/Soul Language

• Gibberish

A system of stratification based on achieved statuses.

• Social System

• Political System

• Class System

• Caste System

Another term for working class.

• Third Class

• The Elite

• The Wealthy Class

• Blue Collar

An internal cluster or faction within a group.

• Clique

• Claque

• Ariana Grande

• Dwayne Johnson

In industrialized societies, the rich and powerful and the owners of the means of production. It is also called the elite.

• Working Class

• Capitalist Class

• Middle Class

• Ambushing or Invading Class

Authority that depends on the personal magnetism of one person, according to Weber's power theory.

• Rude or Off-Putting Authority

• Evil Authority

• Charismatic Authority

• Charming Authority

A religious group integrated with society.

• Store

• Political Building

• Liberal

• Church

The tendency for a powerful country to invade a weaker country in order to exploit its resources by making it a colony.

• Colonialism

• Communism

• Socialism

• Marxism

The lowest stratum of the estate system of stratification, composed of the masses of people who spent their lives engaged in hard physical labor.

• Elitists

• Commoners

• Immigrants

• Communists