AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The socially defined position or rank given to groups or group members by others is called status. Status seems to be something we cannot escape.

Detailed explanation-2: -Status-a socially defined position in a group or in a society. Role-a behavior or the rights and obligations expected of someone occupying a particular status.

Detailed explanation-3: -social status, also called status, the relative rank that an individual holds, with attendant rights, duties, and lifestyle, in a social hierarchy based upon honour or prestige.

Detailed explanation-4: -Social stratification refers to a society’s categorization of its people into groups based on socioeconomic factors like wealth, income, race, education, ethnicity, gender, occupation, social status, or derived power (social and political).