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| one that is personal, emotionally involving and of long duration |
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| determinants of occupational status attainment and earnings (or pay and prestige) |
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| SES, grades, measured ability, significant others, aspirations, educational attainment |
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| indirect effect on occupational status and a direct effect on educational attainment |
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| America is not a caste society, BUT... |
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| SES background is not irrelevant to one's educational and occupational attainment...opportunities for upward mobility are not unlimited |
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| 2005 Harvard University president suggested 3 reasons why women are underrepresented in high end scientific postions |
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high powered job hypothesis
diff aptitude at the high end
different socialization and discrimination......said ratio of men to women was 5:1, suggesting women are inferior at math...controversial |
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| social networks and employment opportunities |
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| often found through "weak ties" vs "strong tie" relationships...only 17 percent through strong ties |
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| two aspects of social position that affect individual values |
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| occupational role and education |
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| occupational roles affect on physical health |
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direct exposure of worker to health hazards
exposure to stresses that affect physical health indirectly |
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| share characteristics: beyond individual's control, unpredictable, often life-threatening, often large in magnitude, disrupt people's usual activities |
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| hightest PTSD scores were observed among those with poor personal health, less education, and less income...those with vulnerable social status have more and longer-lasting adverse reactions |
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| stress experienced at work or in the family is carried into the other domain |
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| behavior patterns acquired or reinforced at work in interactions with family members |
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| provide us with social support and with help during stressful events |
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| social support provided by networks |
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| emotional, esteem, informational, instrumental...strategies for coping |
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| sense of having little or no control over events; generalized orientation toward the social world; feeling of having no influence on political affairs and world events |
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| stable over time, and evidence shows that it develops in childhood and is NOT associated with social class SES |
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