Social Stratification

SOCIAL
STRATIFICATI
ON
Q2 Week 3
OBJECTIVES:
• At the end of this session, you should be able
to:
• Examine the concept, characteristics and

forms of stratification systems using
sociological perspectives
REVIEW
•Cite 3 functions of
education based on the
previous module.
TOTALIZED
MAKE
•Passport
MEANING
MAKE
•Ladder
MEANING
STRATIFICATION
SYSTEM
WHAT’S NEW
•2 Kinder learners are asked to
draw a flower. They are asked to
use as many colors as they wish.
They are not allowed to share
crayons.
WHAT’S NEW
•What is the advantage of
having more crayons?
WHAT’S NEW
•Does she have the
advantage from the start?
SOCIAL
STRATIFICATION
•Is the classification of people into
socioeconomic class, based upon
their occupation and income,
wealth and social status.
SOCIAL
STRATIFICATION
•Stratification is the relative social
position of people within a social
group, category, geographic
religion, or social unit.
SOCIAL DESIRABLES
•Are resources considered
valuable by societies.
•Tangible and Intangible
SOCIAL
DESIRABLES
•1. Prestige
•2. Power
•3. Wealth
PRESTIGE, POWER,
& WEALTH
PRESTIGE, POWER,
& WEALTH
•Social standing reflects
persons’ worth and access to
social, political, and symbolic
capital
KARL MARX
•Economic stature depends on
the ownership of the means of
production
•Boss
POWER
•Political or social authority or
control, especially that which
is exercised by a government
WEALTH
•Material prosperity
PRESTIGE
•Widespread respect and
admiration felt for someone
due to his or her achievements
or quality
SOCIAL MOBILITY
•A charge in social status
relative to one’s current social
location within a given society
HORIZONTAL
MOBILITY
•Happens when person changes
their occupation but their
overall social standing
remains uncharged
VERTICAL MOBILITY
•Person or social object moves
from one social class to
another
UPWARD MOBILITY
•Happens when a person
moves from a lower position
in society to a higher one
DOWNWARD
MOBILITY
•Happens when a person
moves from a higher position
in society to a lower one
INTER-
GENERATIONAL
MOBILITY
•Happens when the social
position changes from one
generation to another
INTRA-
GENERATIONAL
MOBILITY
•Change in societal position
occurs during the lifespan of a
single generation
ISSUES RELATIVE TO
SOCIAL
STRATIFICATION
WEALTH & INCOME
•In the Philippines, there are 92.3
million Filipinos who live below
the poverty line because of the
country’s economic and social
inequality
WEALTH & INCOME
WEALTH & INCOME
ETHNICITY
•Cultural practices are subjects of
ridicule
•Ancestral land are either forcibly
taken away from them in the guide
of development projects
GENDER & SEXUAL
ORIENTATION
•Women are subjected to
structural bias favoring men
•LGBT
PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES
•Disability
•Ability
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
ASSESSMENT:
•1. It is the arrangement or
classification of something
into different groups.
ASSESSMENT:
•2. It is a custom that for a
long time has been an
important feature of some
group or society.
ASSESSMENT:
• 3. It is a form of discrimination. It occurs
when people are wholly or partially
excluded from participating in the
economic, social and political life of their
community, based on their belonging to a
certain social class, category or group.
ASSESSMENT:
• 4. It is a class structure that is determined by birth.
Loosely, it means that in some societies, if your
parents are poor, you're going to be poor, too. ...
America prides itself on not having a caste system,
because people can “pull themselves up by their
bootstraps,” and janitors can go to Harvard.
ASSESSMENT:
•5. It is universal phenomenon denoting
a category or group of persons having a
definite status in society which
permanently determines their relation
to other groups.
ASSESSMENT:
•6. It is the custom of marrying
outside a community, clan, or
tribe.
ASSESSMENT:
7. It is the practice of marrying within a
specific social group, caste, or ethnic
group, rejecting those from others as
unsuitable for marriage or other close
personal relationships.
ASSESSMENT:
8. It is government or the
holding of power by people
selected on the basis of their
ability.
ASSESSMENT:
9. It is the movement of individuals,
families, households, or other
categories of people within or
between social strata in a society.
ASSESSMENT:
10. It is a kind of vertical mobility
which refers to mobility that is
brought about by changes in
stratification hierarchy itself.

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