ANTHR101 Lecture Notes - Ascribed Status, Achieved Status, Social Conflict
24 Apr 2013
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Social groupings like kinship and marriage are used to solve basic problems. When necessary, other groupings are formed to solve social problems. To make decisions on behalf of the people. Authority: the ability to take action through an ascribed status (is a title or power that other people give to you. You can elect someone to make these decisions) Influence: the ability to achieve a desired end by exerting social or moral pressure. You get this through an achieved status (a status you gain by the things you do) They are reinforced by the machinery of society. Spiritual values (govern our relationship with the supernatural) Environmental values (govern our relationship with the environment) The individuals police their own actions through either fear of ridicule or fear of the supernatural. Sanctions are not enforced by members of the group, but by the individuals themselves. Sanctions are imposed by a third party within the group.
