1. This is the difference, Adler says, " between achieved and ascribed status ." 2. Master status is a broader term that includes more topics than ascribed status . 3. It is commonly perceived that ascribed statuses are irreversible while achieved statuses are reversible. 4. Ascribed status is when one's position is inherited through family.5. Ascribed statuses can also be defined as those that are fixed for an individual at birth.6. Linton uses Leo Schnore's research to illustrate how ascribed statuses can be both irreversible and reversible. 7. It is the opposite of ascribed status . 8. It was extremely rare for people of this ascribed status to make it out into another estate. 9. Ascribed statuses that exist in all societies include those based upon sex, race ethnic group and family background.10. Alternatively, one can be placed in the stratification system by their inherited position, which is called ascribed status .
