...Rosemarie Lopez Status is a socially defined position in a group or society characterized by certain expectations, rights, and duties.() Statuses define us in so many ways, and sadly enough these statuses are so embedded in our society no one even realizes how significant they are. The statuses we have regardless of how we got them come with roles we have to play every single day, and although they may change due to the environment, or setting we are in, no matter where we are, we always are playing a role and we always have a status. The numerous statuses we hold are part of a status set, which is all the statuses one person occupies at a given time. Some of the different statuses one person can occupy is an ascribed status, achieved status, and a master status. An ascribed status is a social position conferred at birth or received involuntarily later in life, based on at-tributes over which the individual has little or no control, such as race/ ethnicity, age, and gender.() An achieved status is a social position a person assumes voluntarily as a result of personal choice, merit, or direct effort.()Lastly a master status is the most important status a person occupies. Now the different types of statuses listed are status that you, yourself have, but you can also have status symbols which are material signs that inform others of a person’s specific status. Examples of this would be if you were wearing a Rolex, which would show others you of rich status, or on the other spectrum...
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...Homework Assignment 2 Ronald Agee Park University SO208, Social Inequalities Professor: Mr. Keith R. Hankins Social Status When speaking of the types of social statuses, the definition depends on where you are from. If you have an achieved status of a doctor for example, most people might consider your lifestyle in the upper class. Your perception of the different class would be different from what other people think. For example, you would probably not see yourself as upper class but because you have worked so hard to get to where you are at, others would feel that you have earned your status as upper class and because of this, you would feel that you have a higher status in society as opposed to a manager at 7-Eleven. On the other hand if you were born into a poor socioeconomic status, then making it up to a managerial position is probably a big success. Another type of status is an ascribed status. These are the people who are born into a status group or forced into a group (Hurst, 2010). Some times this could mean growing up in a rich, upper class family. This could also mean growing up in a poor environment where everyone is struggling to survive. Homelessness is another situation where people often times have no control over the outcomes of life. You could be an upper middle classmen and have everything go wrong. The next thing you know you are begging for pennies just to survive. But no one really knows what it is like to struggle to survive unless...
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...based upon honour or fame. Status may be ascribed, which is assigned to individuals at birth without reference to any innate abilities—or achieved, requiring special qualities and gained through competition and individual effort. There are many effects of social class and can be felt anywhere. Almost every aspect of society is influenced in some manner by social class. School, work, religion, and home lives are also linked to the influence of social classes. “A Devoted Son”, by Anita Desai is a moving story about a father-son relationship which strongly reflects on the effects of social class. It shows how people’s attitudes vary in different circumstances. Social status can affect an individual in society by gaining or losing the respect of a person. It can allow a person to be recognized and, yet, unrecognized. It depends on the status. Social status can be developed or achieved by education, family, or fame and fortune. In the story “A Devoted Son” by Anita Desai, the author uses education, family, and fame and fortune for a way to develop and achieve social status. Education can greatly impact the individual’s development as a social being. Having a good education means being more knowledgeable and respected among people in society. It allows a person to move forward in society. A more knowledgeable person stands out in society. They contribute to the society and use their knowledge to help the people. In turn, people appreciate them and their status is elevated. Education...
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...Social status, education level, age and gender. These are minor words that have a huge impact on different cultures around the globe. In America the talk of social status seems be more seen and not heard. It shows up in actions of those in this culture. If you want to raise money for a certain charity or event, the first crowd you will go out your way to extend an invitation to will be those in a high social status or class. America has come a long way in its views of status and age. Even though there is no set class structure as in other countries, America has its own views of social class. The words upper class and middle class and lower class are often mentioned. They were often referenced on the road to the White House in the Presidential elections of 2008. Many from outside American culture can often be blind when it comes to seeing our class structure since the homeless are often seen in the same areas as those who are wealthy. If one hangs around the Washington, DC area long enough, they will start to hear terms such as “The DC Elite” social status. These are people who are usually in the upper class and are invited to the important (often political) events in the city. Even certain areas of the city are known for where those with the money reside. Mention you live in Georgetown, Capitol Hill or one of the neighboring counties known for their wealth, and you will automatically be listed as someone with “status.” Titles in America are not as important...
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...You can’t hide from social status. I feel like social status is where someone stands within society, Fitzgerald's definition of social status is a person’s standing or importance in comparison to other people in society. Where someone's importance or standing is in society is a huge part of this book. Both of our definitions talk about where someone is within society, I feel like people mention their relationship with others to show their social status in the situation that they are in, Or they will mention something big like the town they are from or have been to. ‘ “ We heard that you were engaged.” “ It’s a libel. I’m too poor.” (ch. 1 pg. 19) People also like to talk about the nice things they have done in nice places. ‘ “ I’ve done...
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...Differences in vocabulary development and use in early childhood appear to be closely correlated with socioeconomic status. For the purpose of this paper Socioeconomic Status (SES) is going to be defined using the American Psychological Association’s measurement for socioeconomic status which combines education, income, and occupation. Vocabulary development in early childhood is important because vocabulary size upon entry into kindergarten is one of the most important factors in predicting a child’s ability to succeed in school (Rowe, 2012). When children enter Kindergarten there is often a large gap in the amount of words children from high- and low- SES backgrounds know. The same gap that is present in vocabulary size when children enter...
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...Joseph Mulangaliro 02/23/15 Writing and Other Cultures Effect of Social Economic Status Social economic status is often broken down into three categories of class (high SES, middle SES, and low SES) to represent the income an individual’s family or a specific individual may fall into. When talking about putting a family or person into one of these status’, one must look at three variables; income, education, and occupation. These variables play a huge role in how an individual would develop in as an child, view their health, and how they would ultimately value education. The environment that most low SES children are in result to less direct speech from parents, little time spent on reading books, and not seeing the doctor often because of no healthcare. These environments are sometimes small cramped apartments where the parents usually aren’t around because they either have to work or just don’t have the time. When comparing it to the environment to high SES children, the infants of these families experience more directed speech which leads to learning more words. As well as doing better in school, this goes along with having a better relationship with their parents. Parental roles in addressing their children may be linked to their position of their respective groups within society. The hard working class of individuals often has low power, small positions in their workforce. This positioning of social hierarchy requires a certain lifestyle and livelihood that is stable...
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...Master status was a concept coined by sociologist Everett Hughes in the 1940s. Master status is the dominant social label that describes a person's position in society which can include anything ranging from occupation, race and sex. A couple of master status that describe me would have to be the burger girl and student. Since I am really into the burger records scene, friends of mine started to associate that with me. I know this because anytime a friend hears anything associated with burger records they think of me apparently. I also started to gain the nickname “burger girl” by some people. It was established because I am always going to the their shows and it is a culture that I am included in in a way. Another main master status of mine...
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...Prosperity in many aspects of human advancement have taken place in the past two thousand years, however, with gain there is loss and social anxiety has flourished as well according to Alain de Botton in his book, Status Anxiety (1991). In his speculation, the condition of an individual’s life, drab or pleasant, does not determine how they view their “wealth.” Instead, it is how we compare ourselves to certain other individuals that we choose, specifically and usually those that we grow up with. Botton argues that with the growth of media, wealth, and prosperity in a society comes the unfortunate social anxiety in the forms of inequality, envy, and the most unforgiving of all, expectation. Shown throughout history, it is apparent that humans will view their living conditions as normal, despite how drab or unpleasant they might be, if peers that they grew up with are in similar conditions. In his argument, Botton denotes this group as our “reference group.” How we define wealth and prosperity may not always be in the form of currency. It...
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...SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS HAS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ORTHOPEDIC PATIENT Name: Institution: Professor: Course Title: Date of Submission: A family’s income, education attainment and occupational prestige are referred to as their socio-economic status. This economic status has been viewed to affect the individual’s life opportunities. Life opportunities can be viewed in various aspects, which may include the availability of resources to individuals within the boundaries of health care systems or personal perception of their healthy related qualities of life. The qualities of life are defined as the impact of specific illnesses, injuries, health service policies or medical treatment. The relationship between higher social economic status and higher healthy related qualities of life has been well established. In general, people with a higher social- economic status are said to have a well and good health indicators. Socio-economic status has a great effect on patients that suffer from the orthopedic illnesses. Those individuals that have a much well and stabilized social economic status are much advantaged than those who live below the poverty level. When it comes to health care, those at a higher socio-status are capable of attending the best orthopedic hospitals. If it comes to surgical treatment of the disease, they do attend the best and qualified orthopedic surgical doctors. This can be used to show that, a person at low socio-economic status suffering from...
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...Observing a Mental Status Exam Jennifer Broadwell FPSY 4111: Forensic Interviewing and Investigation Walden University April 2015 Mental Status Examinations are conducted to gain perspective into a person’s cognitive functioning. This information can be important in different situations. The information can be resourceful in a clinical setting, a treatment setting, as well as a criminal investigation setting. When interviewing an individual in reference to a crime it is important to conduct a mental status examination to be able to gauge if the information gained is credible, comprehensive, consistent, and comprehensible. “Mental status tests will examine your appearance, orientation, attention span, memory, language skills, and judgment skills” (Martel, 2012, para. 1). The information gained from the mental status examination can be used to prepare forensic psychologists in working with suspects, witnesses, or victims of crime. Elaine Roffban was a witness to a crime. It is known that she has a diagnosis of dementia. The mental status examination allows insight into just how reliable she would be as a witness to the events. General Appearance: Elaine is an 87 year old overweight Caucasian female whose appearance corresponds with her age and has been diagnosed with dementia. While Elaine’s clothing is clean and properly maintained the style is inappropriate for the season. The clothing is more properly suited for fall or winter. In addition the clothing...
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...International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences July 2012, Vol. 2, No. 7 ISSN: 2222-6990 The Effects of Parental Socio-Economic Status on Academic Performance of Students in Selected Schools in Edu Lga of Kwara State Nigeria Femi Ogunshola, PhD. Department of Industrial and Technological Education, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria Email: femiogunsola@yahoo.com. A.M. Adewale Department of Biology, School of Natural and Applied Science, Alvan Federal College Of Education, Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria Email: mosesremimec@yhoo.com Abstract The relationship between home-based environment factors and the academic performance of students in selected secondary schools within a local government area in Kwara State is investigated. Samples were obtained with one hundred and eighty (180) students randomly selected from three secondary schools. The four factors that were examined and statistically analyses were: parental socio-economic background, parental educational background, parental educational qualification and students’ health statuses. Diverse statistical tests were performed on the various data collected to establish statistical significance of the effects on students’ academic performance. Parental socio-economic statuses and parental educational background did not have significance effect on the academic performance of the students. However, the parental educational qualification and health statuses of the students were identified tom...
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...THE EFFECT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT A Thesis by Jennifer Barry Bachelor of Arts, Wichita State University, 2005 Submitted to the Department of Sociology And the faculty of the Graduate School of Wichita State University in partial fulfillment of The requirements for the degree of Master of Arts December 2006 THE EFFECT OF SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT I have examined the final copy of this thesis for form and content, and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts with a major in Sociology. ___________________________________ Dr. David Wright, Committee Chair We have read this thesis and recommend its acceptance. ___________________________________ Dr. Kathleen Perez, Committee Member ___________________________________ Dr. Brien Bolin, Committee Member ii ABSTRACT This study addresses the increasing importance of student test scores by examining the different factors that influence test scores. Composite test scores of tenth grade students from the Educational Longitudinal Study of 2002 are examined using a four-part model which includes student role performance, school, family, and peer factors. Ordinary Least Squares analysis indicates that the strongest predictor of student test scores is socioeconomic status, resulting in a statistically significant increase in the standardized coefficient of .224 points. These results support...
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...PARENTS’ SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. CHAPTER ONE Background to the Study It is an undebatable fact that the home is the fulcrum around which the early years of a child revolves. The central figures are the parents. While child-bearing and child-rearing cannot be divorced one from the other, the type of child-rearing practiced in a family has a tremendous impact on the entire life of the child including his or her academic life. Generally, the social climate or environment in which an individual finds him or her self to a large extent determines his or her behaviour and personality development. Consequently, parental guidance and discipline usually influence the behaviour of the children and at the apex of this parental influence is the mother. According to Olayinka and Omoegun (2001), the word "family" has its origin in the Latin word which could be translated to mean "domestic group". A domestic group is a group of people who habitually share a common dwelling and common food supply. According to Murdoch (1965) family is a social group characterized by common residence, economic, cooperation and reproduction; it includes adults of both sexes, at least two of who maintains a socially approved sexual relationship and one more children, own or adopted by the sexually cohabiting adult. The family provides for the physical maintenance of the child, offers him his first and most continuing social contracts, and gives him affection and other emotional...
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...Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent country and its second largest in terms of population with over 100 million inhabitants. Despite recent improvements, Ethiopia remains one of the poorest nations in the world. In 2016, Ethiopia is 148th about economy in Global Ranking, its economic freedom score is 51.5( no change) ( from http://www.heritage.org/index/country/ethiopia). In the last few decades, Ethiopia has faced fierce famine, drought, political instability and war. Peace has returned but the nation remains developmentally weak and more than 42 million Ethiopians do not have access to safe water. The aim of the paper is focusing on finding new sources of water to solve Ethiopia’s water problem. Two potential water sources are water harvesting and dam. In this report, the public acceptability of both water sources is compared. 1. Background The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Ethiopia was worth 55.61 billion US dollars in 2014. The GDP value of Ethiopia represents 0.09 percent of the world economy. GDP in Ethiopia averaged 15.70 USD Billion from 1981 until 2014, reaching an all time high of 55.61 USD Billion in 2014 and a record low of 6.93 USD Billion in 1994. GDP in Ethiopia is reported by the World Bank. It is seem that Ethiopia has a low GDP. Furthermore, The level of poverty in Ethiopia is extremely high. Ethiopia has the second largest population of all African countries and has only once, for a brief period of time, been occupied. One of Africa’s oldest independent...
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