statuses that are the results of individual efforts and accomplishments a closed system of social inequality in which status is determened at birt, people are locked into their paren'ts social position and differences of purity or prestige form the basis of hieracrchy c a social class system in which it is difficult or impossible to move up the social hierarchy

1. achieved statuses

statuses that are the results of individual efforts and accomplishments

2. caste system

a closed system of social inequality in which status is determened at birt, people are locked into their paren'ts social position and differences of purity or prestige form the basis of hieracrchy
c

3. closed stratification system

a social class system in which it is difficult or impossible to move up the social hierarchy. alco called a closed class system

4. corporate class

in america the social class consistingof people who have a great deal of bureaucratic authority in major corporation usually not based on ownership of those corporateions

5. income

what people earn during a paticular timep period, either from employemtn or investments

6. life chances

the opportunityes to realize health, ling life, and happiness in a social system

7. lower class

in america the social class that includeds people whodon't own property who frequently have no job and who have no authority and usually no prestige

8. middle class

in america the social class tha comprises people who wonw relatively tlittle property but whose occupations provide them with high to middle income prestige, and authority. the middle calsscan be subdiced into the upper mic and the lower mc

9. open stratification system

a stratification system in which there are few obstacles to social mobility postions are awarded on the basis of merit and rank is tied to indicuald achievement

10. prestige

social esteem, resperct or approval that is awarded to people because hey possess attributes that their society considers admirable