Achieved status is a sociological term denoting a social position that a person assumes voluntarily which reflects personal skills, abilities, and efforts. Examples of achieved status are being an Olympic athelete, being a criminal, or being a teacher. Image File history File links Image of a surgeon operating on a patient. ... Image File history File links Image of a surgeon operating on a patient. ... Social interactions of people and their consequences are the subject of sociology studies. ... Social status is the standing, the honour or prestige attached to ones position in society. ...
Achieved status is distinguished from ascribed status by virtue of being earned. Most positions are a mixture of achievement and ascribment; for instance, a person who has achieved the status of being a doctor is more likely to have the ascribed status of being born into a well-off family. Ascribed status is a social position a person is given from birth or assumes involuntarily later in life. ...
Achievedstatus is a sociological term denoting a social position that a person assumes voluntarily which reflects personal skills, abilities, and efforts.
Examples of achievedstatus are being an Olympic athlete, being a criminal, or being a teacher.
Most positions are a mixture of achievement and ascribment; for instance, a person who has achieved the status of being a doctor is more likely to have the ascribed status of being born into a well-off family.
Social status is the "standing", the honor or prestige attached to one's position in society.
In modern societies, occupation is usually thought of as the main determinant of status, but even in modern societies other memberships or affiliations (such as ethnic group, religion, gender, voluntary associations, fandom, hobby) can have an influence.
Status inconsistency is a situation when an individual's social positions have both positive and negative influences on his social status.
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