The Influence Of Subjective Class On Social Mentality

The Opium War had kicked off modern Chinese history and also started up Chinese social change. Social groups in various forms has been continuously shaped out over the course of history, this molding process of "Birds of a feather of lock together." also carries the historical evolution of the Chinese Social Psychology. Studies have shown that the research of social psychology means the research of its carrier, social groups. Professional view of Sociology is a recognized choice in understanding and studying social groups of which using the "stratum" way to study social groups has become a major form, so it is of strong operability and great practical significance to observe social psychology from a perspective of the social stratum. But the social stratum is always moving forward, which challenges the recognition of standard of division based on objective economic indicators.Studies have found a phenomenon of "the presence of subjective class identification downward shift", namely "objective stratum and subjective stratum structure inconsistent".If the fact does exist, it would influence the social study which using "social stratum" as the independent variable. For instance, there would be an objective and subjective difference which exsists in the impact social hierarchy make on the social psychology, and only focusing on the awareness of objective hierarchy awareness seems to be inappropriate, so introducing a theoretical perspective of subjective stratum to the impact social stratum make on the social psychology is discussed dialectically in this paper. A further question is put forward: Is it necessary to study social psychology from a perspective of subjective stratum? If so, how is social psychology affected by subjective stratum? In this paper,objective stratum is considered to be a kind of likelihood social group which is divided by social members according to one or several objective indicators, such as vocation, income or education level. In this paper, the definition of subjective stratum: the subjective class identity as a social stratum structure of the presentation of the results. Subjective stratumidentification, refers to individual’s subjective view of himself/herself’s social status or where the location he/she find themselves in the social stratum structure. On this basis, by combining theory and social reality we can hypothesis:(1) There is an unmatched structure between objective stratum and subjective stratum when stratum structure is in the period of changing;(2) Subjective stratum’s grouping on social psychology seems more likely to embody the group differences diversity character of social psychology than objective stratum’s grouping on social psychology according to "occupation division ";(3)Subjective stratum’s grouping on social psychology seems more likely to embody the group differences diversity character of social psychology than objective stratum’s grouping on social psychology according to "income division ";(4) Subjective stratum’s grouping on social psychology seems more likely to embody the group differences diversity character of social psychology than objective stratum’s grouping on social psychology according to "education division;(5) Subjective stratum’s grouping on social psychology seems more likely to embody the group differences diversity character of social psychology than objective stratum’s grouping on social psychology according to" two-factor division”.This paper tries to respond to the above-mentioned problems and hypothesis from five aspects. The first one includes backgrounds, problems, significance, ideas and methods; the second is a literature review which reviews some relevant research and attempts to prove the rationality, feasibility, and other aspects of the research problem; the third is a study design which includes research hypothesis, data explain, descriptions and variable design;the fourth is using a SPSS data analysis software to test the hypothesis, as thus group differences and the interpretation of significant differences can be obtained; the fifth is the conclusion and discussion section in which emphasis on the stratum division standard of "subjective sides" and significance of Max Weber’s more factor delamination theory is recalled. By illustrating these five aspects step by step, a conclusion can be arrived at thatsubjective stratum can better embody the group differences diversity character of social psychology. So bringing subjective stratum(as an explanatory variable) into social psychology related research which is suitable for the current stratum changing period enables research perspectives and conclusions more accurate and complete.