Maria, a nurse with North Liverpool City Hospital, falls in love with a surgeon practicing in the same hospital. Maria is impressed with his educational qualification and proposes to him. He agrees, and they both get married. Identify the term that best describes Maria's decision to marry someone who is more educated than her.

A. endogamy
B. cohabitation
C. mating gradient
D. hanging out


Answer: C

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