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AGE GRADE: AN ORGANIZED CATEGORY OF PEOPLE BASED ON AGE EVERY INDIVIDUAL PASSES THROUGH A SERIES OF SUCH CATGEGORIES OVER HIS OR HER LIFETIME
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AGE SET: A FORMALLY ESTABLISHED GROUP OF PEOPLE BORN DURING A CERTAIN TIME SPAN WHO MOVE THROUGH THE SERIES OF AGE-GRADE CATEGORIES TOGETHER
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CASTE: A CLOSED SOCIAL CLASS IN A STRATISFIED SOCIETY IN WHICH MEMBERSHIP IS DETERMINED
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COMMON-INTEREST ASSOCIATIONS: ASSOCIATIONS THAT RESULT FROM AN ACT OF JOINING BASED ON SHARING PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES, OBJECTIVES, VALUES, OR BELIEFS
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EGALITARIAN SOCIETIES: SOCIETIES IN WHICH EVERYONE HAS ABOUT EQUAL RANK, ACCESS TO AND POWER OVER BASIC RESOURCES
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HOW DO SOCIAL CLASSES MANIFEST: 1.)PATTERNS OF ASSOC., WHO INTERACTS WITH WHOM,
2.) VERBAL EVALUATION: WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT OTHERS IN THEIR OWN SOCIETY
3.) SYMBOLIC INDICATORS: ALL SORTS OF STATUS SYMBOLS ARE INDICATIVE OF CLASS POSITION SUCH AS CERTAIN POSSESSIONS, CERTAIN JOBS (DIFFERENCES IN LIFE STYLE)
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SOCIAL CLASS: A CATEGORY OF INDIVIDUALS IN A STRATISFIED SOCIETY WHO ENJOY EQUAL OR NEARLY EQUAL PRESTIGE ACCORDING TO THE SYSTEM OF EVALUATION
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SOCIAL MOBILITY: UPWARD OR DOWNWARD CHANGE IN ONE'S SOCIAL CLASS POSITION IN A STRATISFIED SOCIETY
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STRATISFIED SOCIETIES: PEOPLE ARE HIERARCHICALLY DIVIDED AND RANKED INTO SOCIAL STRATA, OR LAYERS, AND DO NOT SHARE EQUALLY IN BASIC RESOURCES THAT SUPPORT SURVIVAL, INFLUENCE, AND PRESTIGE
