To ascertain occupational prestige hierarchies 269 psychology graduate students ranked 20 occupations in psychology. The prestige rankings of the total sample and 12 subgroups were analyzed. The results showed that (a) the total sample rankings exhibited an occupational prestige hierarchy similar to previous studies except that service and academic positions were upgraded while research job titles were downgraded, (b) interindividual variability was greater than hypothesized, and (c) subgroups tended to upgrade occupations related to their area of specialization. Possible causes for differences between this study and prior studies were discussed.
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