Management and Organizational Studies 3321F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Ascribed Status, Assortative Mating, Status Symbol

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 3321F/G
• Professor: Beth Lee

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Social class, standing in society, is determined by a complex set of variables that include income, family background, education, and occupation. Chapter 12 is hierarchical and a natural form of segmentation refle(cid:272)ts a perso(cid:374)"s relati(cid:448)e so(cid:272)ial sta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g (cid:862)ha(cid:448)es(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)ha(cid:448)e-(cid:374)ots(cid:863) social class i determined by income, family background, and occupation. Our place in the social structure determines how much we spend and how we spend it. People develop a pecking order, in that they are ranked in terms of their relative standing in society. This standing determines their access to resources such as education, housing, and consumer goods. We tend to marry people similar in social class to ourselves, a tendency sociologists call homogamy or. Achieved status s when people earn it through hard work or diligent study; whereas ascribed status is when you have good fortune that one is born into. Most groups exhibit a structure, or status hierarchy, in which some members are somehow better off than others.