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A(n) __________ status is a social position conferred at birth or received involuntarily later in life, based on attributes over which the individual has little or no control, such as race/ethnicity, age, and gender.
 
  a. achieved
 b. central
 c. ascribed
 d. universal

Question 2

If we say that somebody is getting gray hair, wrinkled skin, and is becoming forgetful, we are using which age criterion?
 
  a. Chronological
  b. Functional
  c. Sequential
  d. Normative


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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b


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