Which statement most accurately describes projections of life expectancy?
a. Men can expect to outlive women worldwide.
b. Life expectancy is projected to decrease for women and increase for men. c. Women can expect to outlive men worldwide.
d. Women outlive men only in Africa.
c
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Suppose that you read an article that reports gender differences in aggression in Culture A, but gender similarities in aggression in Culture B. How would the social constructionist perspective explain these results?
a. Evolutionary forces operated differently in the two cultures. b. Each culture creates its own definition of aggression. c. Aggressive behavior is favored by the school system in Culture A, but not in Culture B. d. Both cultures have adopted an essentialist perspective on gender differences.
Children in the preoperational stage are most concerned with which of the following?
a. physical characteristics of things c. real characteristics of things b. what things actually are d. how things work
The "father of adolescent psychology" is:
A) Arnold Gesell. B) Sigmund Freud. C) Erik Erikson. D) G. Stanley Hall.
As a result of developing autonomy, adolescents are
A) likely to reject their parents authority over them. B) increasingly likely to rebel against their parents. C) more likely to adopt the attitudes and opinions of their peers instead of their parents. D) more likely to adopt attitudes and opinions that are their own and less influenced by their peers.