status attainment
11Wisconsin model — The Wisconsin model of socio economic attainment is a tool developed to measure sociological and psychological characteristics that influence an individual s social mobility. The logistics of this model are primarily attributed to William H.… …
12Social class — Sociology …
13mobility, social — The movement usually of individuals but sometimes of whole groups between different positions within the system of social stratification in any society. It is conventional to distinguish upward and downward mobility (that is, movement up or down… …
14The Bell Curve — For other uses, see Bell curve (disambiguation). The Bell Curve   …
15occupational prestige — refers primarily to the differential social evaluation which is ascribed to jobs or occupations . What people know about jobs, or how people view occupations, is to a greater extent a given; much more variation exists in the value that they… …
16Social mobility — Sociology …
17Social transformation — is the process by which an individual alters the socially ascribed social status of their parents into a socially achieved status for themselves. This is different from social reproduction and social mobility because instead of looking at the… …
18occupational classification — The smallest unit of an occupational classification is the concept of a job, defined as a set of tasks to be performed by an individual, and commonly identified by a job title. Occupation is often synonymous with job but may refer to a group of… …
19new structuralism — new structuralism, new structuralists The label given in the United States to researchers who, from about 1980 onwards, examined how processes of occupational attainment were influenced by structural constraints such as those imposed by segmented …
20Dalton Conley — Dalton Clark Conley (born 1969) is an American sociologist. He is University Professor of the Social Sciences and the Chair of the Department of Sociology at New York University.[1] He also holds appointments at NYU s Wagner School of Public… …
