What term refers to age-based groups sharing similar status and roles?

• A. Agencies of Socialization
• B. Beliefs
• C. Age Group
• D. Cultural Relativism

Answer: (C)

The key idea is grouping people by age to reflect the social roles and status typically associated with that life stage. An age group is a social category defined by a specific range of ages, and members share similar expectations and responsibilities—like being students, workers, or retirees—based on their age. That makes it the best fit for “age-based groups sharing similar status and roles.”

The other terms describe different ideas: Agencies of Socialization are the channels that transmit culture (family, school, media), beliefs are ideas or convictions, and cultural relativism is a method for judging a culture by its own standards. None of these name a category of people defined by age and the statuses and roles that come with that age.