ANTH 100- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 58 pages long!)
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Stratified societies have formal and permanent social and economic inequalities. Class based on levels of income, education, and type of occupation. Stratification mostly based on achievement (effort)= open system (social mobility) Classes are characterized by different lifestyles and life changes. Stratification mostly based on ascription (birth) = closed system. Castes are characterized by different lifestyles and life changes. Class and caste interact with race, gender and ethnicity to determine social stratification in contemporary societies. Most societies contain both achievement and ascription in determining stratification. Power: ability to control social and material resources in one"s own interest. Social prestige: social honor (how one is socially valued by others) Life changes depend on one"s position in the stratification system (start opportunities) Social mobility often depends on one"s starting position in the stratification system. Two classic theoretical perspectives on social stratification are: Archaeology: prehistoric: human past before written records, historical: human past in societies, contemporary, forensic:
