Twenty-five percent of all retired people in the United States draw Social Security benefits. Social ...

Twenty-five percent of all retired people in the United States draw Social Security benefits. Social Security and Supplemental Social Income (SSI) provide virtually all of the financial support to ninety percent of people over age 65.
 
  a. True
 b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

Sociologist Emile Durkheim used the degree of social integration in society to determine its influence on the rate of suicide. In this example, the degree of social integration is the _____ variable.
 
  a. multiple b. dependent
 c. independent d. control

Question 3

Which of these is not generally considered a component of the social structure?
 
  a. societal institutions
 b. rules
 c. values and beliefs
 d. social roles

Question 4

Age, gender, and poverty are intertwined. Although middle-aged and older women make up an increasing portion of the work force, they are paid substantially less than men their age, receive raises at a slower pace, and still work largely in gender-segregated jobs.
 
  a. True
 b. False
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 5

In a hypothesis, the researcher presumes the __________ to be caused by another variable.
 
  a. independent variable b. dependent variable
 c. multiple variable d. control variable

Question 6

The sociological term for the process by which people act toward and respond to other people, and which is considered the foundation for all relationships and groups in society, is __________.
 
  a. response patterns
 b. social interaction
 c. symbolic interactionism
 d. structural functionalism