Sociologically:
A) Achieved statuses can be the basis for judgments of deviance; ascribed statuses cannot.
B) Ascribed statuses can be the basis for judgments of deviance; achieved statuses cannot.
C) Neither achieved nor ascribed statuses can be the basis for judgments of deviance.
D) Both achieved and ascribed statuses can be the basis for judgments of deviance
E) none of the above

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Both achieved and ascribed statuses can be the basis for judgments of deviance. For example, a person may be judged deviant based on their ascribed status of race or gender, or based on their achieved status of occupation or education level. Deviance is not solely determined by one's status, but rather by social norms and expectations surrounding that status.