The effects of age on cognition and intelligence are related, at least in part, to vascular disease that selectively affects the
a. visual cortex.
b. level of the neurotransmitter serotonin.
c. density of brain white matter.
d. prefrontal brain.
ANSWER: d
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Which of the following is true of the economic picture of contemporary American women?
a. They earn more than men in high-status occupations. b. They work in the same fields as men and earn less. c. They earn the same as men in part-time gender-typed jobs for women. d. They tend to go into lower-paying specialties.
Which of these is not a reason that sociologists are critical of psychological theories of deviance?
a. psychological theories often over-emphasize social, economic, and cultural factors. b. psychological theories focus on deviance such as murder, rape, and drug addiction with relatively little to say about such deviance as white-collar crime. c. psychological theories tend to view deviance as the result of physical or psychiatric defects rather than as actions considered deviant by social and legal definitions. d. psychological theories of deviance cannot explain why deviant behavior is engaged in by individuals not classifiable as pathological personalities. e. psychological theories, with their emphasis on pathology—deviants are "psychopaths" or "antisocial personalities"—suggest eugenic solutions to the crime problem that are unacceptable to some segments of society.
In a t test for independent means, thet score is calculated by dividing the difference between the means of the two samples by the standard deviation of the __________
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
The ability to mobilize resources and achieve goals despite the resistance of others is referred to as ______.
A. authority B. wealth C. power D. inequality