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