Both the latency and errors dimensions of the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF) proved to have comparatively little association with social status; age and intelligence demonstrated much stronger correlations with sociometric scores. (Author)

Analyzes cultural deprivation as a factor affecting children's acquisition, development and utilization of language. Finds that social class, home and environmental variables are among the most significant underlying dimensions of language patterns. Their influence on language is described as a series of conditioned responses reinforced in the…

The percentage of single individuals is rising, especially among Blacks. Based on the present trend, one can predict that by the year 1980 the majority of Black adults will be unmarried. The acceptance by Black men and women of certain Euro-American values exacerbates this trend. (RLV)

Interviews with university women faculty suggest that token women, nontoken women, and those whose departments had mixed patterns did not differ in their accuracy in recognizing status differentials between the genders. (Author/BEF)

Suggests that ethnic prejudice in Israel is a general phenomenon and not limited to the schooling process. Research shows similar patterns of ethnic inequality in terms of achievement and the operation of status generalization. (Author/KC)

Identity and status conflicts experienced by Haitian immigrants in New York City and expressed in their debates over language usage are examined through an analysis of the struggle over the primary language (Haitian Creole or French) to be used in the Catholic Mass at a Brooklyn Church. (Author/MC)

A study of class identification indicates that an employed married woman uses a combination of her own, her husband's, and her father's characteristics in assessing her own status. An unemployed married woman borrows status from her husband. Race and mother's characteristics are insignificant predictors of an employed wife's class identification.…

While much is known regarding male status attainments, less is known regarding such phenomena among married women. Data were collected from younger, white, married women interviewed at two points in time. Results confirm the idea that sex roles should be included in future studies of married women's status attainments. (Author)

The 'Third World models' discussed in this article are, specifically the concept of 'internal colonialism' and the related idea of a 'dual economy/society' that is especially prominent in the literature on urbanization in Africa and Latin American nations.

The sociological theory that men are instrument or task specialists and that women are expressive or social specialists has been weakened by research on small groups, families and personality. This paper suggests that sex differences in task-oriented situations may be explained by status processes, men having higher status than women. (Author/JM)

Discusses problems with teaching multicultural texts at North Hennepin Community College (a second-tier suburb north of Minneapolis, Minnesota). Notes that many students are naive of (or deny) how class functions in the United States. Discusses assignments that deal with race, class, and gender. (RS)

Analysis of the sociometric ratings and status of 50 elementary school students with learning disabilities and 50 nonhandicapped elementary school students (in matched pairs) indicated that the pairs did not differ significantly in assigned status to their peers but did differ significantly in acceptance and rejection received from their shared…

Describes the evolution of a microsociety school in Lowell, Massachusetts. Guided by teachers, students use money, markets, and property building blocks to create a microeconomy producing numerous organizations and jobs. Lacking a prescribed ideological path (or a prepackaged curriculum), the students fashion their own social system and guiding…

Ethnic sensitive models of social work practice emphasize cultural norm differences impacting intercultural communication and the helping relationship. This model is extremely useful with refugees and recent immigrants but less useful with U.S. minority groups of color, whose responses to social services are shaped by subordinate class status. (SV)

Explored adolescent socialization process by examining relative importance of athletics to social status during junior high school years. Survey of School Climate was completed by 182 students. Students recognized differences between criteria for remembrance and for current popularity. For majority, popularity and recognition were associated with…