Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Thorstein Veblen’s idea of free income is like Emile Durkheim’s idea of anomie.
2. George Herbert Mead said the most significant gestures were nonverbal ones.
3. To George Herbert Mead, the generalized other is the attitude of the entire community.
4. The definition of the situation is a term to describe the fact that people act on how they mentally define a situation instead of acting on the objective reality of the situation.
5. The I and the Me are always in agreement.


1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False

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