Achieved Role

An achieved role is a social identity or title that an individual has earned or chosen themselves to some degree. This is not an innate or inborn social identity.

For example, a person who is an artist or a writer chose that role- it isn't a social identity that was given to them by others. The opposite of this is an ascribed role which an individual has no influence over (like being European or a teenager).

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