Author Question: People who undergo sex transformation surgery, lighten their skin to appear to be another race, or ... (Read 114 times)

lunatika · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

People who undergo sex transformation surgery, lighten their skin to appear to be another race, or hire a plastic surgeon to create a younger appearance remind us that

a. just about anything can be an ascribed status.
b. the distinction between ascribed and achieved statuses is not clear cut
c. people usually occupy more than one status.
d. role and status are related concepts.

Question 2

Sometimes one status in a status set is so important to a person's social identity, it overshadows all other statuses that person occupies. That so important status is known as __________ status.

a. an achieved c. a master
b. an ascribed d. a premier