Census statistics show that 72 percent of older men live with a spouse, while only 42 percent of older women remain living with their spouses. What is one consequence of this gender difference?
a. Poverty rates decline for older Americans in part because both spouses contribute to retirement income through Social Security and pension plans.
b. Poverty rates are higher for older Americans in part because of the lower economic status of widowed women.
c. Older men live longer if there is a wife in the home to take care of them.
d. Older men are 30 percent more likely to remarry after the loss of a spouse.
Answer: b.
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a. the topic of pregnancy is now one of the most active research areas in the psychology of women. b. the psychology research on pregnancy primarily focuses on normal, uncomplicated pregnancies. c. the psychology research tends to focus on topics such as teen pregnancy and unwanted pregnancies. d. many current television sitcoms focus on pregnancy and childbirth.
Mr. Aaholm has a tumor in the right motor cortex. What is the most likely symptom he experiences?
A. Disturbances in vision with his right eye. B. Disturbances in vision with his left eye. C. Disturbances in movement on the left side of his body. D. Disturbances in movement on the right side of his body.
The "cognitive revolution"
a. occurred rapidly, within a period of a few years, in response to the attacks on Skinner and the development of computers. b. extended over a long period of time, beginning in the early part of the century, in reaction to Wundt's introspection experiments. c. was a gradual process that occurred over a few decades. d. was not really necessary because the study of the mind has been a constant part of experimental psychology since the founding of the first psychology laboratory.
The phenothiazines are effective in reducing schizophrenic symptoms by:
a. reducing the size of brain ventricles b. blocking or reducing the effects of dopamine c. increasing the effects of dopamine d. blocking or reducing the effects of hormones