The significant positions a person occupies within a society that affect that person's identity in almost all social situations are known as

master statuses

Explanation:

In the sociological context, master status is the social position to which an individual relates the most while expressing themselves and others. In the term master status, status is the core of an individual's social identity. For example age, sex, race, etc but in the modern world, most people find the strongest allegiance to their occupation.

where is the passage

answer; positivist; postpositivist;