UCSP - WEEK 5

What does stratification describe?

• How different groups of people are placed within society

• The importance of education in society

• The benefits of marriage

• How to achieve social mobility

What is social mobility?

• Ability of individuals or groups to change their positions within a social stratification system

• The status assigned at birth

• The social system based on individual talents

• The process of gaining education

What is upward mobility?

• Upward movement in social class through education, employment, marriage, etc.

• The social system based on individual talents

• Lowering of social class due to economic setbacks, unemployment, illness, etc.

• The highest caste in the caste system

What is a meritocracy?

• A social system where individual talents, abilities, and efforts determine status in life

• A system where social position is based on ascribed status

• A system where people are born into their social standing

• A system where social position is extremely rigid

What is a caste system?

• A system where social position is based on ascribed status

• A system where people are born into their social standing and remain in it their whole lives

• A system where status is achieved through merit and effort

• A system where social position is extremely rigid

What is a closed system?

• System where people are free to gain levels of education

• System where individual talents determine status in life

• System where status is achieved through merit and effort

• Extremely rigid system with little change in social position

What is a class system?

• System where social position is based on ascribed status

• System where social position is extremely rigid

• System where people are born into their social standing and remain in it their whole lives

• System where people are free to gain levels of education and have option for exogamous marriages

What is a brahmin in the caste system?

• The lowest of the four ancient social classes

• People traditionally regarded as 'untouchable'

• The military class in the caste system

• The highest of all the castes, traditionally priests or teachers

What is a kshatriya in the caste system?

• Meaning 'protector[s] of the gentle people,' traditionally the military class

• People traditionally regarded as 'untouchable'

• The highest of all the castes, traditionally priests or teachers

• The lowest of the four ancient social classes

What is a vaishya in the caste system?

• The lowest of the four ancient social classes

• The military class in the caste system

• People traditionally regarded as 'untouchable'

• Traditionally cattle-herders, agriculturalists, artisans and merchants