3.
Social status is the position or rank of a person or group, within
the society and can be determined in two ways:
Achieved
Status
Ascribed
Status
It’s about earn social
status by person’s
own achievements
The person is placed
in the stratification
system by an
inherited
position, sometimes
fixed for an
individual at birth
It’s based upon
sex, age, race
ethnic group and
family background
4. Social Mobility
It’s a change of position within the stratification
system. Status can be changed through a process of
social mobility. A move in status can be upward, or
downward. Social mobility allows a person to move to
another social status other than the one he or she was
born in.
5. Social stratification
Social stratification describes the way people are placed in
society. Groups:
Wealth and
Income
•Ties between
persons with
the same
personal
income
Gender
Political Status
Ethnicity/Race
Religion
•Ties between
persons of the
same sex and
sexuality
•Ties between
persons of the
same political
views/status
•Ties between
persons of the
same
ethnic/racial
group
•Ties between
persons of the
same religion
Coolness
•Ties between
persons who
have similar
levels
of popularity
Social Class
•Ties between
persons born
into the same
group
7.
Ethnocentrism is judging another culture solely by the
values and standards of one's own culture. Ethnocentric
individuals judge other groups relative to their own
ethnic group or culture, especially with concern for
language, behavior, customs, and religion.
