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Sociology Preliminary SOCIAL STRATIFICATION

The system through which individuals and groups are ranked in a more or less enduring hierarchy of stratas is known as:

Caste

Stratification

Class

Clan

- Option 1: Caste

- A system of social stratification, where social status is often hereditary.

- Common in parts of Asia and historically in other regions.

- Distinct social classes are rigid and assigned at birth.

- Option 2: Stratification

- A system where individuals and groups are ranked in a hierarchy.

- Involves layers (strata) of society based on socioeconomic characteristics.

- Option 3: Class

- Typically determined by economic status.

- Allows for social mobility based on personal achievement and wealth.

- Option 4: Clan

- A group of people united by kinship or family ties.

- More about family units than social hierarchy.

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