True or False


1	In age stratification theory, the individual is not the subject matter.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


2	Age stratification theory was the first formal theory of aging.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


3	Social gerontologists view the withdrawal of older people from social roles and social interaction as normal aging.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	Subculture theory shared several traits with activity theory and disengagement theory.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	Exchange theorists argue that interaction between the old and the young decreases because older people have fewer resources to bring to the exchange.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


6	The basic premise of modernization theory was that human beings are active creators of their own reality, and social meanings of age arise through negotiation and discourse.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


7	The concept of age integration applies not only to social institutions, but also to periods in the life course.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


8	Overall, research indicates that people grow old in similar ways.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


9	Age stratification theory began with the underlying proposition that all societies group people into social categories.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


10	Feminist theories contend that because continuity theory defines normal aging around a male model, it turns forms of inequality like high rates of poverty among older women into indicators of individual pathology.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE

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