What is the status of any role based upon?
a. Age
b. Responsibility
c. Society
d. Health
ANS: C
The society in which the role is assumed delegates the value or status of that role. In some societies, advanced age is valued and given high status; in others, advanced age is not given status and the role is negative.
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