SOCPSY 1Z03 Chapter Notes -Status Attainment, Infant Mortality, Social Stratification
24 Apr 2013
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Chapter 13 - social structure & personality: social structure: every person occupies a social position (designated location in a social system) the ordered or persisting relationships among these positions make up the social structure. Social structure and personality (ssp) research is concerned with the relationship between macro-social systems or processes & individual feelings, attitudes. : children start the career race" with varying levels of economic resources (depending on their family background), which predisposes them to varying levels of future success. These successes then influence where their children start the career race" and so on. A related explanation focuses on how experiences at work reproduce social structure: position: designated location in a social system. Effect on one"s behavior and self-image: status: social ranking of a person"s position (ex: annual income). Is the single most important influence on a person"s life. It determines access to resources (money and influence over others).
