Occupation and Stratification
Occupation and Stratification
Discussion 7.2: Occupation and Stratification
Answer the following questions for the initial post.
- SELECT a career from the “Prestige Rankings of Occupations” on page 188 in the class text. What is your chosen career and prestige score?
- Do you find that this number is low (or high) based upon the other rankings? Why?
- Review the list again. What is an occupation that has a high prestige number yet might not pay that much?
- We are prone to judging people by how they appear. Suppose that a person is lower-income. How might they dress and act to give the appearance that they are of a higher class?
Finally, read and reply to your fellow students’ answers to number four above. Can you provide an example where you witnessed this personally?