SOC101Y1 Lecture : SOC304H1-Lec 4
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Conclusions: we need to expand gladwell"s account because social mobility is affected by large scale historical changes: Macro-effects that typically have losers and winners, as some families become downwardly mobile and others rise to take their places. Announcements: next lecture, as well as in tutorials, we look at how sociologists have used. Occupation as an indicator of social status: this is highly relevant for those students who will do the occupational. Genealogy assignment: assigning quantitative scores to occupations is part of the status attainment approach. One such scoring system is called the socioeconomic index (sei). This is one of the occupational standing variables in the ipumsusa series of. He discusses early practice, relative maturity, matthew effect, coaching, practical intelligence, role of standardised tests in selection, etc: this lecture broadens the focus a bit to consider big picture of changes in other times & places.
