The selection effect differs from the protection effect in that ________

A) the protection effect posits that marriage helps increase a person's health by decreasing the opportunities for risky activities
B) the selection effect posits that it is marriage itself, and not the choice of the mate that increases a person's health
C) the protection effect does not take the couple's health into account
D) theselection effectentails that receiving emotional,physical,and financial support from a spouse improves one's general health


A

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C) social others
D) reference groups

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