IGCSE Sociology Term Unit 3

a hierarchy in which groups have different statuses and different levels of privilege.

• • Social stratification

• • Social Differentiation

• • Social class

• • modern industrial societies

refers only to differences in roles and statuses. It does not mean that one individual is considered to be superior to another. People are different but they are not necessarily higher or lower in ranks than others.

• • Social stratification

• • Social Differentiation

• • Social class

• • modern industrial societies

the condition where a group of people having the same social and economic status.

• • Social stratification

• • Social Differentiation

• • Social class

• • modern industrial societies

societies that use technology for mass production, in contrast to traditional societies.

• • Social stratification

• • Social Differentiation

• • Social class

• • modern industrial societies

a stratification system in which one group is treated as the legal property of another group.

• • Slavery

• • Caste

• • Ascribed status

• • Achieved status

• closed stratification system traditionally found in India similar.

• • Slavery

• • Caste

• • Ascribed status

• • Achieved status

• given to people by their group or society and people usually have little control over them.

• • Slavery

• • Caste

• • Ascribed status

• • Achieved status

• those that people acquire through choice and competition.

• • Slavery

• • Caste

• • Ascribed status

• • Achieved status

• the opportunities that people have to improve their lives. life chances depend upon aspects of stratification such as social class, gender and ethnicity.

• • Life chances

• • Fatalism

• • deferred gratification

• • immediate gratification

• individual belief that they cannot control what happens to them. similar like destiny.

• • Life chances

• • Fatalism

• • deferred gratification

• • immediate gratification