Question

Being a daughter, Cuban or a widow are all examples of ______, the attributes a person receives at birth or take involuntary later in life; while being an honors student, an Olympian, or a thief are all examples of ______, attributes a person takes on voluntarily that reflect personal ability, effort and personal choice.

Answer 1

Answer:

Ascribed status :achieved status

Explanation

Being a daughter, Cuban or a widow are all examples of ascribed status, the attributes a person receives at birth or take involuntary later in life; while being an honors student, an Olympian, or a thief are all examples of achieved status, attributes a person takes on voluntarily that reflect personal ability, effort and personal choice.

Ascibed status

A social position or person receives at birth or takes involuntarily later in life; matters of which we have no choice. They influence the statuses that we achieve. For example, being a daughter, a Cuban, a teenager, or a widower.

Achieved status

A social position a person takes voluntarily that reflects personal ability and effort. For example, in the United States, it includes honors students, Olympic athletes, nurses, software writers, and thieves. In the real world, most statuses involve a combo of script ion and achievement. For example, people who achieve the status of lawyer are likely to share the ascribed benefit of being born into relatively well-off families.

Answer 2

Answer:

Being a daughter, Cuban or a widow are all examples of ascribed status, the attributes a person receives at birth or take involuntary later in life; while being an honors student, an Olympian, or a thief are all examples of achieved status, attributes a person takes on voluntarily that reflect personal ability, effort and personal choice.

Explanation:

In this exercise, you have to complete the sentences with the correct concept.

The definitions described in the sentences are ascribed and achieved status.

On one hand, the first one refers to a social status everyone has without deciding it, as the text explains, they are involuntary.

On the other hand, the second one means that you acquire these social status during your life, it is voluntary.