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Social Structure : Stratification And Social Process In Society

Question

Explain in brief the meaning of terms/words :

(a) Diffusion, (b) Accomodation, (c) Cooperation, (d) Social Process, (e) Conflict.

Solution

(a) Diffusion : It is one of the factors of social change. When two or more societies live side by side there is adoption of some aspects of culture by one another. The passing of some traits or aspects of a culture to another is called diffusion.

(b) Accomodation : This is a process of social interaction among individuals in a society by which they try to adjust themselves.

(c) Co-operation : It is a social process where individuals interact among themselves and work together. In this process they try to adjust among themselves.

(d) Social Process : As interaction takes place within a social environment, it can be called a social process. Pawl B. Horton and Chester L.

Hunt define the term social process as “repetitive interaction patterns of behaviour which are commonly found in social life.”

(e) Conflict : Conflict is usualy on the basis of economy and unequal control on wealth and ownership particularly based on means of productions. It means ownership of means of production creates conflict. According to Karl Marx (father of modern scientific socialism), unequal control on ownership, wealth and product creates conflict on economic level.

Some More Questions From Social Structure : Stratification and Social Process in Society Chapter

What is meant by the following terms/words :

(a) Varna, (b) Caste, (c) Class, (d) Unequal Distribution of Resources, (e) Social Stratification, (f) Wealth or Property.

Explain the meaning of following terms/words :

(a) Power, (b) Psychological Gratification, (c) Gender Inequality, (d) Ethnicity, (e) Gender, (f) Sanskritization.