An achieved status is a social position
A. attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.
B. "assigned" to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics.
C. that is assigned to an individual at birth.
D. that is given to an individual based upon his or her age, race, or gender.
A. attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.
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a. gender specific b. racial c. any d. homophobic
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b. declined in recent decades. c. remained unchanged since the 1930s. d. evaporated since unions are no longer legal.
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A. less likely to change their material culture than their cognitive culture. B. more likely to change their material culture than their nonmaterial culture. C. more likely to modify cultural universals than create new customs and practices. D. more likely to change their nonmaterial culture than their material culture.