Define the terms ascription and achievement. Give an example of a characteristic that fits with each one.
What will be an ideal response?
but should include a definition of ascription as a status someone is born with, which may include race, gender, wealth, or other characteristics that has little or no relationship to one’s accomplishments, skills, or abilities. Achievement is related to one’s accomplishments or merits.
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An achieved status is an attribute that people
a. inherit at birth. b. develop over time. c. possess through no fault or effort of their own. d. acquire through some combination of choice, effort, and ability.
A relatively fixed, hierarchical arrangement in society by which groups have different access to resources, power, and perceived social worth is called social _____
a. differentiation b. stratification c. inequality d. status
In examining differences in crime rates, a researcher utilizes the FBI’s crime statistics data. What kind of research method is this researcher utilizing?
a. Interviews b. Ethnography c. Secondary data analysis d. Experiments
In America and other industrialized nations there are always some people who are rich and some people who are poor. Which sociological theorist best helps explain why this system of inequality exists?
a. Max Weber b. Herbert Blumer c. Karl Marx d. C. Wright Mills