Research shows that the tendency for boys to engage in instrumental behaviors and girls to engage in expressive behaviors is due to

a. the biological biasing effect of hormones.
b. genetic differences in males and females.
c. growing up in different, gender-defined cultures.
d. sex differences in intelligence and emotions.


C

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In developing countries, particularly the United States and Canada, people are gaining weight and becoming obese

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