SOC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Auguste Comte, Ascribed Status, Social Philosophy

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1
• Professor: brown

Document Summary

Socioeconomic status: describes combination of variables to classify and rank people based on income level, education level, occupation and area of residence. Children from wealthier families, parents with good jobs, live in nice part of town have the advantage over children who don"t have these. Strange: considering how lucky they were born into those families. Ascribed status: situation person is assigned advantage or disadvantage simply through birth (doesn"t have anything to do with the individuals" qualities, just means more opportunities for them) Family structure: family dynamic and members that influence the upbringing of a child. Increase in people living in low income households, many with single mother household. Consistent theme that suggests loving parents with adequate incomes generally raise productive and well-adjusted children. Urban-rural differences: where you grew up influencing a person is subtler and more contextual and affects how you view the world.