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#1 Types of Stratification & Statuses

Social stratification is…


Social stratification refers ranking and categorizing of people.

Generally, there are 3 layers or strata:


1) upper class
2)
middle class
3)
lower class

What names do we call the layers here?


One percenters
Social classes

Hereditary stratification is…


traits your born with, titles on nobility, race
based segregation
We have seen these more in the past or present
past
Two examples include…

1) king Charles the 3rd status has been from birth, unlike Reagans or princess diana

2) queen Elizabeth was born into her position.

Economic stratification is… the money is power stratification.


We have seen these more in the past or present
past
Two examples include…

1) King and queen

2)
Rothschilds kids

In what other ways does money provide opportunity, power, or influence?


It provides power by your position and you can pay people off. They have better opportunities
because they have money and do pay for expensive things

Status refers to… position someone holds in a place


For example… father in a family
What’re the various statuses in a typical school hierarchy? What’re the various statuses you currently and
teacher vs student simultaneously hold?
student

An ascribed status is… status we get at birth

For example… Like prince and princess

An achieved status is… Earned or chosen. This can


change throughout life.

For example… occupation, family,

A master status is… how others see you

For example… president, felon, etc

Which of your current statuses are Which of your current statuses are Which of your current statuses is
ascribed? achieved? your master status?
Son Starting quarterback football player

Status inconsistency is…


When status isnt the same for everyone
For example…
When one violinist is worth 1 million but also number 3 in the world but Justin Timberlake is worth more
A role is…
Every behavior expressed through or with certain status
For example…

when a rich person says he poor vs a poor person saying he poor

What’re the behaviors associated with the status of a What’re the ways in which your role as a teen is shaped
teenager in America? by your class?
Moody, tired, annoying, maybe snobby It Shapes it becasue if your rich your a snobby
teen so thats how class shapes it
#2 Social Mobility & Privilege
Social mobility is…
The act to change within the social stratification
Vertical mobility is…
Moving up or down in class or social stratification
For example…
Moving from middle class to high class
Horizontal mobility is…
Switching your life around but staying the same or in the same social class
For example…
Micheal Jordan moving from NBA to MLB

Who are people or fictional characters you know who’ve What are some programs, policies, and laws that help
moved vertically or horizontally? deserving people be successful?
Belle from beauty and the beast moved vertically Some programs could be Welfare Because
people will try their hardest but ends still dont
meet

America’s open system is called a… However,…


Merittocracy people think its a myth
For example…

Jk Rowling weote her first book while expericening poverty

What common ways do we admire to become rich, though the odds are slim?
We see rich people and drive or strive to be them. We admire them so we could be them one day

Privilege is…
Things that make social mobility easier
It’s important to remember we all have…
we all have a mix of helpers and not so helpers
For example…
graduated from college, a loan from your family

What’s a privilege you acknowledge that does and will help you in life?
A privilege that I acknowledge is that my dad runs his own company so he makes his own hours
and can spend time training with me.

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