True or False Quiz


1	Unlike gender, age is an achieved status that forms the basis for social differentiation.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Gerontologists rely heavily on sociological principles to explain the impact of aging on the individual and society.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	According to activity theory, the approach of death forces people to drop most of their social roles¾including those of worker, volunteer, spouse, hobby enthusiast, and even reader.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


4	The research of anthropologist Margaret Mead points to the importance of biological factors in defining the social roles of males and females.
		A)	TRUE
		B)	FALSE


5	In conversations between men and women, men are more likely to interrupt women than other men, even when the woman is in a higher status position.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Sociologists associated with the interactionist perspective generally agree with conflict theorists that men hold a dominant position over women.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Elderly people are commonly treated as if they are "socially dead" by most societies around the world.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	Nearly two-thirds of women return to the labor force within a year of giving birth.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	The first wave of feminism in the United States emerged in the 1960s and came into full force in the 1970s.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	During the tragic 1995 heat wave that resulted in 733 deaths in Chicago, older Hispanics and Asian Americans had higher death rates from the heat wave than did other racial and ethnic groups.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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