A common measure used by sociologists is occupational status.

社会学家常用的衡量标准是职业地位。

Here, he found studies which showed that when faced with abundant choice, people pay less attention to characteristics that require thinking and conversation to evaluate (occupational status and level of education, for example) and more to matters physical.

他在其中发现了一些研究表明，当人们面临大量选择时，就不太会注意那些需要思考和交流才能进行评价的特质（如职位、受教育程度），而会比较注重外表。