Two reasons for the rise in the proportion of adolescent births that are nonmarital are because marriage has become quite rare in adolescence and because
A. most of these children are given up for adoption, so there is no need to marry.
B. pregnancy is no longer seen as a reason to get married.
C. the fathers of these babies are not able to support them as well as their mothers.
D. None of these choices are correct.
Answer: B
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a. personality disorders. b. mood disorders. c. schizophrenia. d. anxiety disorders.
One way to ensure that a person does not remember that a word was presented to them in the past (when testing priming) is to
a. utilize proactive interference when administering the memory task. b. test patients with amnesia. c. use backward instead of forward priming. d. employ multiple rounds of repetition priming.
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A. spends less time sleeping compared to people who do not complain of insomnia. B. is lacking the chemicals that promote and maintain sleep. C. spends as much time sleeping as people who do not complain of insomnia. D. has an excess of arousal-producing neurochemicals.
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a) Asian b) Native American c) African d) Western societies