Sociology Status
Status - correct answer ✔A socially defined place in the social structure
given a label. Used to group people of where they fit in society
Ascribed status - correct answer ✔Age, gender, race, ethnicity
Achieved status - correct answer ✔College degree, masters degree
Something you earn
Master status - correct answer ✔A status that dominates over all of the
statuses. Defines who the person is largely
Role - correct answer ✔Set of expectations, rights, and duties that are part of
an individual's particular social position. Mother, sister, friend. The role tells
you how you should behave
Social differentiation - correct answer ✔Process where people are set apart
for different treatment because of their statues, roles and other characteristics
Social inequality - correct answer ✔Conditions where people have unequal
access to wealth, power, and prestige in a society
Super wealthy vs the homeless
Social mobility - correct answer ✔Movement of going from one social status
to another
Status - correct answer ✔A socially defined place in the social structure
given a label. Used to group people of where they fit in society
Ascribed status - correct answer ✔Age, gender, race, ethnicity
Achieved status - correct answer ✔College degree, masters degree
Something you earn
Master status - correct answer ✔A status that dominates over all of the
statuses. Defines who the person is largely
Role - correct answer ✔Set of expectations, rights, and duties that are part of
an individual's particular social position. Mother, sister, friend. The role tells
you how you should behave
Social differentiation - correct answer ✔Process where people are set apart
for different treatment because of their statues, roles and other characteristics
Social inequality - correct answer ✔Conditions where people have unequal
access to wealth, power, and prestige in a society
Super wealthy vs the homeless
Social mobility - correct answer ✔Movement of going from one social status
to another
