Practice Status (4.2.2) - Social Structure

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Question 1.
Define status in your own words.
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What does society think of your rank or role?
Question 2.
What is ascribed status?
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Consider what you cannot change about yourself.
3Question 3.
What type of status is earned through personal actions and choices?
- Ascribed Status
- Achieved Status
- Inherited Status
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Think about what you can change through hard work.
4Question 4.
True or False: Ascribed status can change throughout a person's life.
- True
- False
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Consider if characteristics like ethnicity ever change.
Question 5.
Discuss how societal norms might change if achieved status became the only form of status, eliminating ascribed status entirely.
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Consider how that would affect societal views on diversity.
Question 6.
Evaluate a personal situation where you felt your ascribed status influenced your interactions. Reflect on whether it had a positive or negative impact.
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Think about group dynamics or opportunities you received.

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