MCAT psych/soc foundational concepts: social structure, social stratification, culture, and demographics.
45 cards · basic cards · AI-written, checked twice. Edit anything.
- What is social stratification?
- A hierarchical arrangement of society based on inequality
- Define achieved status.
- A social position earned through effort and merit
- Define ascribed status.
- A social position assigned at birth
- What is a status set?
- The collection of all statuses occupied by one person
- Define social role.
- Expected behaviors and rights associated with a social status
- What is role conflict?
- Incompatible expectations arising from different roles held simultaneously
- What is role strain?
- Conflict within a single role between incompatible expectations
- Define culture.
- Shared beliefs, values, norms, and practices of a group
- What are cultural values?
- Beliefs about what is worthwhile or desirable in life
- Define norms.
- Rules of behavior enforced by social sanctions
- What are folkways?
- Informal norms with weak social sanctions for violations
- Define mores.
- Norms with strong moral significance and harsh sanctions for violations
- Define laws.
- Formal norms enforced by government with serious legal sanctions
- What is a symbol?
- Something that represents something else through shared cultural meaning
- Define cultural relativism.
- Judging a culture by its own standards rather than by one's own