Read each statement carefully and then select the best answer.

1			The first practitioners of social gerontology were social workers.
			A)	True
			B)	False
2			Activity theory was the first formal theory of aging.
			A)	True
			B)	False
3			The basic premise of continuity 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
4			Age stratification theory applies not only to social institutions, but also to periods in the life course.
			A)	True
			B)	False
5			Social gerontologists view the withdrawal of older people from social roles and social interaction as abnormal aging.
			A)	True
			B)	False
6			Subculture theory shared several traits with activity theory and disengagement theory.
			A)	True
			B)	False
7			Political economy theories highlight the structural influences on aging and emphasize the relevance of social struggles in power relationships.
			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