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=**SOCIAL STRATIFICATION** = =What Is Social Stratificiation? = = Social Stratification comes with many detailed examples of common sociology. Stratification is a hierarchy of positions in regard to economic production which influences the social rewards for those in the positions. Think of it like a pyramid, where each level (social classes) are in a competition for scarce resources. As we enter into the adult world, not only are classes, but the way that we fight for things becomes a more dignified part of our lives. = =media type="youtube" key="Dg4KXtcKzB0" height="283" width="378" align="left"= = = = = = = = Orgin of Social Stratification = = **In early societies, people shared a common social standing. As societies evolved, they began to create members. Stratification, a system by which society ranks its members in a hierarchy, is the norm throughout the world. All societies stratify, create layers, of their members. A stratified society is one in which there is an unequal distribution of society’s rewards and in which people are arranged into layers according to how much of society’s rewards they possess. ** =

= What is the Social Impact? = =Social stratification can endorse many diffrent problems among society. Obeasity, homicide, teen pregnancy, prison and emotional depression have alll been linked to social stratification.=

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== == = = = =  **True Or False?**
 * **Social stratification is a characteristic of society, not simply a reflection of individual differences?** True
 * **Caste Systems suggest people marry those from same class system**? True
 * **People tend to move more uppward or downward then horozontally?** False
 * **Industrial soctietys experience less inequality then argarian societies?** True

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=SATISITCS =
 * A **//caste system//** is a system of social stratification based on ascription. Pure caste systems are "closed" with no social mobility
 * **//Status consistency//** refers to the degree of consistency of a person's social standing across various dimensions of social inequality.
 * **An** illustration of the sinking of the //Titanic// to show the consequences of social inequality in terms of who survived the disaster and who did not.
 * **An** illustration of the sinking of the //Titanic// to show the consequences of social inequality in terms of who survived the disaster and who did not.

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