Social Stratification

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🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This MCAT podcast covers social stratification. It begins with a definition and examples of many terms related to social stratification and inequality, including prejudice, discrimination, stereotype, stereotype threat, status (ascribed vs achieved), power (six different types to know), social capital (and other forms of capital), gentrification, and poverty. The discussion then moves on to social class and the social gradient in healthcare.

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[00:00] Introduction

[02:24] Terms related to social stratification

[03:03] Defining social stratification

[03:53] What is prejudice

[04:57] Defining stereotype and discrimination

[09:29] What is stereotype threat

[13:04] Status and the six different types of power

[21:50] Social Capital

[23:38] Defining gentrification

[25:07] Absolute poverty vs. relative poverty

[27:59] Social Class

[33:53] Social Stratification in Healthcare

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0:00.0	Welcome to MCAT Basics, your ultimate guide to the essential topics you need to master for the MCAT,
0:08.0	brought to you by the physicians at Med School Coach.
0:11.0	Every week, Sam Smith breaks down high-yield MCAT topics, ensuring you're primed for success on test day.
0:17.0	Join Sam as we explore the most crucial subjects outlined by the AAMC, pulled from official practice materials and third-party resources.
0:25.1	Get ready to elevate your MCAT game with topics tailored to maximize your score potential.
0:30.5	Hello, I'm Sam Smith.
0:32.9	This podcast is going to cover social stratification, which is actually a really important topic for the MCAT.
0:38.8	And I meant to do this podcast a long time ago.
0:40.8	It's kind of just been sitting in the topic queue.
0:43.6	But I cover a bunch of different topics in this podcast.
0:46.8	First, I'm going to go through a bunch of different terms that you're likely to see regarding social stratification.
0:52.5	And I'll give examples.
0:57.1	I'll define them. But I think a lot of the stuff, especially on the psych section of the MCAT, is really just being able to understand
1:02.8	these different concepts and being able to recognize them and apply them, you know, things like
1:07.5	gentrification, prejudice, social capital, et cetera. So that's the first thing
1:12.9	I'm going to do is I'm going to define a bunch of terms for you, give examples and definitions.
1:16.4	And then I'm going to talk about social classes. And then lastly, I'll talk about social stratification
1:21.2	in healthcare. And this material is going to show up in one out of the four MCAT sections.
1:26.0	That's going to be the psych-sosch section.
1:28.8	And this is actually a pretty high-yield topic.
1:31.0	You're definitely likely to see this come up on the MCAT.
1:33.4	And of course, you'll see this stuff come up in interviews for medical school during
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