Test: Terms, Concepts And Their Use In Sociology

Status refers to a social position of an individual in society with certain duties and rights assigned to that position.

Ascribed status is decided on the basis of birth.

Untouchables were also called as outcastes and they used to live out of the villages.

The system of classification, Varna is a system that existed in the Vedic Society that divided the society into four classes Brahmins (priests), Kshatriyas (warriors), Vaishyas (skilled traders, merchants), and Shudras (unskilled workers).

Human beings interact, communicate and construct collectivities.

Peer group is formed between individuals of similar age or people of same professional group.

Interaction among members is very less or absent in quasi groups.

The members of an out-group are considered as outsiders.

Functionalism believes in systematic functions of the institutions.

The behaviors, obligations, and privileges associated with a given social status known as "social roles."

When you have social status, it is expected of you to behave in a certain way, showing the proper characteristics that are identified by your status. You have to show the kind of obligations, and privileges associated with your status to show other people that "you belong." People set expectations that you have to fulfill in order to represent or be part of that social status.