ANTH 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ascribed Status, Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas, Achieved Status
1 Dec 2016
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Week ten anth 1150 introduction to anthropology november 16th. Age grouping an organized category of people based on age; every individual passes through a series of such categories during a lifetime. Age-set a group of people born in the same time period. Age-sets may hold political, religious, military or economic power as a group. Common-interest association associations not based on age, kinship, marriage, or territory but that result from the act of joining. Social stratification institutionalized inequality resulting in some groups receiving differential access to power, wealth and prestige. Wealth accumulation of financial resources, material possessions, wives and children and the potential for future earnings. Power ability to reach personal, financial and professional goals. Prestige the social esteem others hold for an individual. Stratified societies ranking and inequality among members vary. Egalitarian cultures groups in which members enjoy equal access to resources/positions. Functionalist theory of stratification inequality necessary to maintain complex society.
