[Mili Jain]

Building Bocks of Sociology


Culture
The ways of thinking, acting, and the material objects that together form a people’s way of life.
Symbols, values, beliefs, language, norms etc.

Socialization
The life long social experience by which people learn culture.
Family, mass media, peers, school


Social Stratification
A system by which a society ranks and categorizes people in a hierarchy.
Class, race, gender