Images differentiation of high status and low status person among young people

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Abstract

The study focuses on the socio-psychological analysis of images of typical specimen of high status and low status person identified using qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. On the basis of the two stages of the study, using miscellaneous research methods, (n=120) the main relevant characteristics were identified: objective sources of social status, behavioral peculiarities, personality qualities, appearance peculiarities, nonverbal behavior and experiences of such people. These characteristics may reflect important for young people areas of life and their perception of the society model.

General Information

Keywords: Social status, social perception, inequality, miscellaneous research methods

Journal rubric: Empirical Research

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/sps.2018090319

For citation: Folomeeva T.V., Fedotova S.V. Images differentiation of high status and low status person among young people. Sotsial'naya psikhologiya i obshchestvo = Social Psychology and Society, 2018. Vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 197–207. DOI: 10.17759/sps.2018090319. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Tatiana V. Folomeeva, PhD in Psychology, Associate Professor of Social Psychology Department, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: tfolomeeva@gmail.com

Svetlana V. Fedotova, PhD in Psychology, engeneer, Faculty of psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: fedotova-s@yandex.ru

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