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Within a group, certain people have high status and corresponding advantages and others have low status and few advantages, while many are somewhere in between. This arrangement of people in order of importance is called a(n)
 
  a. hierarchy.
  b. social ladder.
  c. chain of command.
  d. affront to democracy.

Question 2

A person's _____ could be defined as the position that person occupies within any of the many organizations or institutions to which he or she belongs.
 
  a. value
  b. mores
  c. couvade
  d. status



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: a. hierarchy.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d. status



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