Youth adjust aspirations to match perceived positions of their own social group

Evidence

By adjusting their aspiration accord­ ingly, they not only reproduce stratification on the level of personal con­ sciousness, but bring their needs into (at least partial) harmony with the fragmented conditions of economic life. — Samuel Bowles and Herbert Gintis, Schooling in Capitalist America, 1140

Categorization

• QUESTION: Whether aspiration adjustment is anticipatory socialization or post-hoc rationalization is worth chasing in the empirical schooling literature.
• XREF: connects to: Collective identity shifts personal goals toward the group’s welfare — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 548; People pursue self-worth through favorable evaluations of their groups — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 1495; Individual self-esteem and emotions depend on the standing of one’s social groups (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Individual self-esteem and emotions depend on the standing of one’s social groups #expands (0.78)
• Collective identity shifts personal goals toward the group’s welfare #expands (0.75) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 548
• Visible group distinctions make people link personal needs to group status #expands (0.74) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1473
• People pursue self-worth through favorable evaluations of their groups #expands (0.72) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 1495