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what is achieved states and ascribe status
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Answer 1

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Ascribe Status-l Linton defined “ascribed status” as “assigned to individuals without reference to their innate differences or abilities” and “achieved status” as “re- quiring special qualities” and “open to individual achievement.” Thus, accident of birth determines an individual's “ascribed statuses,” and performance or effort or ...

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Achieved status-Achieved status is a concept developed by the anthropologist Ralph Linton for a social position that a person can acquire on the basis of merit and is earned or chosen. It is the opposite of ascribed status and reflects personal skills, abilities, and efforts.

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Answer 2

Achieved status : It refers to a social position that a person occupies voluntarily by personal ability, achievements, virtues and choices .Modern society a re characterised by such status where members are accordate prestige on the basis of their achievements. The common criteria for achieved status are educational qualification, income and professional expertise.

Ascribed status : It refers to the social position a person occupies because of birth. The simple and traditional societies are marked by such status where people occupies the status where people occupies the status involuntarily or by birth. For example, - caste, race, kinship and royalty.