ANTH 1150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Ethnocentrism, Protestantism, Environmental Policy
4 Mar 2016
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Achieved status: status an individual earns. (p. 233) Age grade: an organized category of people based on age; every individual passes through a series of such categories during a lifetime. (p. 219) 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. (p. 219) Ascribed status: status people are born into. (p. 233) Caste: a special form of social class in which membership is determined by birth and remains fixed for life. (p. 233) Closed-class systems: stratified societies that severely restrict social mobility. (p. 236) Common-interest associations: associations not based on age, kinship, marriage, or territory but that result from the act of joining. (p. 224) Conflict theory of stratification: a theory suggesting that a power struggle takes place between the upper and lower levels of society. (p. 226) Egalitarian cultures: groups in which members enjoy equal access to resources and positions. (p. 226)
