Jane and Mary are in their senior year of college. They have decided to forego dorm life and rent an apartment of their own. When the census-taker appears at their door, he records them as a(n)
a. family.
b. nonfamily household.
c. extended family.
d. same-sex couple.
Answer: b. nonfamily household.
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a. a self-fulfilling prophecy. b. the indirect inheritance model. c. survival of the fittest. d. operant conditioning.
Being respected by the wider community is an example of a(n) _____ need
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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A. Polyandry B. Monogamy C. Polygamy D. Polygyny