Class and Status Stereotypes

A stereotypes is a way in which people categorize people due to there similar features and appearance.

Class is a system of separating people within society.
Status is a system of separating people within a specific group or area such as a work place.

There are three main types of class, these are:

• Working class
• Upper class
• Middle class

Stereotypes of working class:

• Work hard to earn their money
• Low Wage
• Mainly rent houses
• Limited skills and education
• May live in council houses or estates
• Unhygienic
• Poor

Stereotypes of Middle Class:

• Intelligent
• Hard working
• Highly Educated
• Comfortable lifestyle
• Can have some luxuries and treat them selves

Stereotypes of Upper Class:

• Own their own business
• Rich
• Big House
• Unemployed
• Stuck up

There are two main types of Status, these are:

• High status- When someone is more superior than someone else or a group of people
• Low status- When someone is inferior of others within a group

Stereotypes of High Status:

• Controlling
• Important
• Authoritative
• Demanding
• Experienced
• Tells people what to do

Stereotypes of Low Status

• Inexperienced
• Low authority 
• Unimportant
• Blends in within a group
• No control over others
• Receives demands
• Told what to do