Sociology 1020 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ascribed Status, Achieved Status, Social Forces
10 Apr 2020
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Sociology 1020 : mid-year exam study notes : important concepts. Patterns/organization in terms of socially valued criteria: power how it is allocated, class economic aspects, race does not exist, gender bodies and labels/expectations, nation lottery of life". * class, race, gender, and nation are all statuses * Status - relational how someone orients to someone else. Someone about them as a human being. Queen, being white, class you are born into. Definition: the capacity to act to accomplish something. The ability to do something is the capacity. The resources to do something is also the capacity. 1) big man - someone (because of physical strength or cunning) was able to hoard desirable goods and accumulate more status. 2) slavery - facilitates the creation of wealth for the slave owners and creates a divide between humans living in same area. 3) traders - accumulation and sale of desired goods making them higher" than others.
