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There is a woman called Laura and a woman called Sophie. They are both the same age, live in the same city, speak the same language, and belong to the same ethnic group. However, there is one difference between them. Laura was born to a family with high social status, while Sophie was born to a family with low social status.
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Part 1
In this part of the questionnaire, we'd like you to answer some questions about Laura. There is no right or wrong answer, we are just interested in your personal opinion.
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(1) Do you think Laura has high or low social status now?
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(2) How prestigious do you think the job held by Laura is likely to be?
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(3) How economically successful do you think Laura is?
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(4) How prestigious a car do you think that Laura drives?
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(5) How academically able do you think Laura is?
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There is a woman called Laura and a woman called Sophie. They are both the same age, live in the same city, speak the same language, and belong to the same ethnic group. However, there is one difference between them. Laura was born to a family with high social status, while Sophie was born to a family with low social status.
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There is a woman called Laura and a woman called Sophie. They are both the same age, live in the same city, speak the same language, and belong to the same ethnic group. However, there is one difference between them. Laura was born to a family with high social status, while Sophie was born to a family with low social status.
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Part 3
In this part of the questionnaire, we'd like you to answer some questions about Sophie. There is no right or wrong answer, we are just interested in your personal opinion.
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(1) Do you think Sophie has high or low social status now?
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(2) How prestigious do you think the job held by Sophie is likely to be?
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(3) How economically successful do you think Sophie is?
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(4) How prestigious a car do you think that Sophie drives?
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(5) How academically able do you think Sophie is?
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There is a woman called Laura and a woman called Sophie. They are both the same age, live in the same city, speak the same language, and belong to the same ethnic group. However, there is one difference between them. Laura was born to a family with high social status, while Sophie was born to a family with low social status.
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Part 5
In this part of the questionnaire you need to rate your agreement about a series of general statements about low social status. Indicate your choice by selecting one response per question. Remember there is no right or wrong answer, we are interested in your personal opinion.(1) It is easy to change one's social status: having low social status is not a fixed attribute of a person. |
(2) Knowing that a person has low social status tells us a lot about that person. |
(3) People either have low social status or they do not: people with high social status are a distinct type of person. |
(4) Having low social status excludes a person from having high social status. |
(5) Imagine you are about to meet someone new who you will have to interact with for a substantial period of time. How important would it be for you to know that the person has low social status? |
(6) What percentage of the general population would you expect to have low social status? |
(7) People with low social status are very similar to one another: they have many things in common. |
(8) If you knew that a person has low social status, how likely would you be to mention it when describing this person to someone else? |
(9) How desirable is having low social status? |
(10) The category low social status has always existed and it is stable over time. |
(11) Having low social status is a deeply-rooted part of a person: it lies deep within the person and underlies the person's behaviour. |
(12) To what extent is having low social status based on biological or genetic-make up? |
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