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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 through one's own effort. It is the opposite of ascribed status and reflects personal skills, abilities, and efforts. Examples of achieved status include being an Olympic medalist, college…

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Achieved status

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related to Bibliography · 48
Achieved status → A-22, Achieved, American Journal, An Introduction, Archived, Ascribed, Belonging, Cultural Capital, Derived Status, Eileen, Glencoe McGraw-Hill, Greene, Habitus, Inquiring, ISBN, Jon, JSTOR, Linton, Lock-gray-alt-2, Lock-green
related to Caste system · 14
Achieved status → Bali, Correspondingly, Each, Egypt, For, However, In, India, Japan, Low-paying, South Asia, The, Tibet, Traditional
related to Compared to ascribed status · 6
Achieved status → Achieved, Ascribed, For, It, Many, That
related to Social mobility · 4
Achieved status → However, Social, Some, Someone
is a · 1
Achieved status → 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 through one's own effort

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Achieved statusis aconcept 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 through one's own effort0.90text
Egyptinstance ofTraditional society in South Asia and other parts of the world0.80text
Indiainstance ofTraditional society in South Asia and other parts of the world0.80text
Baliinstance ofTraditional society in South Asia and other parts of the world0.80text
Tibetinstance ofTraditional society in South Asia and other parts of the world0.80text
and Japan were composed of castesinstance ofTraditional society in South Asia and other parts of the world0.80text
collecting garbage were reserved for one casteinstance ofLow-paying occupations0.80text
whose members were excluded from holding any other occupationinstance ofLow-paying occupations0.80text
Achieved statusrelated to BibliographyLock-green0.60section
Achieved statusrelated to BibliographyLock-gray-alt-20.60section
Achieved statusrelated to BibliographyLock-red-alt-20.60section
Achieved statusrelated to BibliographyWikisource-logo0.60section

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