This document summarizes a student's notes from a sociology class discussion on social stratification. It defines social stratification as the hierarchical arrangement of individuals based on divisions of power and wealth. There are three main elements of social stratification: class based on relationship to means of production, status based on social position, and power based on ability to influence others. The student discusses learning about these concepts and how stratification establishes roles that can prevent conflicts within a society.

1. NAME: Gavino, Arvenz C. DATE SUBMITTED: September 27, 2012
COURSE/SECTION: BSIE/ENG204
OUTPUT F2
I. TOPIC: Social Stratification
II. DATE : September 25, 2012
III. KEY CONCEPT:
Social Stratification refers to the hierarchical arrangement of individual into
divisions of power and wealth within a society. Stratification is the structured
ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards
and power in a society. There are three elements of social stratification; class,
status and power. Class is division of people in society by their relationship to the
means of production. Status refers to the social position that an individual
occupies in society. And power refers to the ability of an individual to get other
people to do "what he wants them to do with or without their consent“.
IV. PARTICIPATION IN DISCUSSION:
First of all, I have learned new English term which is “stratification”.
Stratification is a ranking of group of people in the society according to their
wealth and unequal power. It is about the division of the society within status,
wealth, prestige, power and class- that there are people who may not achieve all
of these, some of them acquire power but not prestige, wealth but not power, and
status but not wealth. I have learned also the reason why ranking of people are
needed and how stratification is essential to a society. It is important to know our
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2. roles, our priority and it prevents conflict that can cause damages not only to the
individual but to the whole group.
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