Social processes refer to forms of social interaction that occur repeatedly between individuals and groups as they establish relationships. There are various forms of social interaction such as cooperation, conflict, competition, and accommodation. Stratification is defined as sorting people into distinct groups or layers based on factors like wealth, income, education, and power.

2. Socialprocesses refer toformsofsocialinteractionthatoccur
repeatedly.Bysocialprocesses wemeanthosewaysinwhich
individualsandgroupsinteractandestablishsocialrelationships.
Therearevariousofformsofsocialinteraction suchas
cooperation,conflict,competitionandaccommodation
Theprocessbywhichanindividuallearnsthetraditionalcontentof
acultureandassimilatesitspracticesandvalues.
WHAT IS SOCIAL PROCESS?
ENCULTURATION

3. Bothinvolvechangingculturalidentity,beliefs,values,andbehaviorstofitintoanew
culture.Acculturationallowsindividualstokeeptheirculturalidentity,while
assimilationrequires givingupapreviousidentity.Bothinvolvelearningnew
language,adoptingnewcustoms,changingreligious beliefs.

4. Conflicttakesplaceonaconsciouslevel,competitionisunconscious.Competition
isnon-violent,butconflictmaycreateviolence.Conflictinvolvescontact,
competitiondoesnot.Competition isacontinuousprocess,butconflictisan
intermittentprocess.

5. STRATIFICATION:
Stratificationisdefinedastheactof
sortingdata,people,andobjectsinto
distinctgroupsorlayers.Itisatechnique
usedincombinationwithotherdata
analysistools.
EXAMPLE:
Socialstratificationrefers toasociety's
categorizationofitspeopleintorankings
basedonfactorslikewealth,income,
education,familybackground,andpower.

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COOPERATION COMPETITION CONFLICT
ACCOMODATION 5
ASSIMILATION
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