One status tends to take rank above all others. The status that plays the greatest role in shaping a person’s life and determining his or her social identity is called a(n) a. achieved status. c. master status. b. ascribed status. d. professional status

The correct answer is b, social stratification is needed for a society to exist. marxist theory regarding social stratification is that due to the differing economic capacities among people in society, a natural separation occurs between those that own the means of production and those that sell their labour in the production chain. 

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