AQA GCSE Sociology · 8192
Paper 1, Paper 2
A social position assigned to someone rather than gained through their own effort or achievement.
Revise: Roles and Functions of EducationWithin a family, children are judged through particularistic standards: treatment depends on their particular relationships and circumstances. Their position as someone's child is an ascribed status, not something they have earned. For example, parents may respond to a child's work in light of their personal knowledge of that child.
- Revise: Stratification, Mobility and Inequality Key Terms
A social position allocated through birth or characteristics not earned through personal effort.
- Revise: The School Class as a Social System by Parsons
A social position given to someone rather than earned through their own efforts, such as their position within a family.