Describe the gender gap in life expectancy.
What will be an ideal response?
- Women live approximately 4 to 10 years longer than men, and more female babies survive the prenatal, infancy, and childhood period to a greater extent than do male babies.
- At age 85, there are approximately 3 women for every man.
- Higher levels of estrogen and progesterone, and better lifestyle choices, help women stave off heart disease and live healthier lives.
- The gender gap increased in the 1980s, although it seems to have leveled off since then, due to similar lifestyles between men and women.
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The most likely reason for the increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders is that
a. in the 1990s, autism was removed from the U.S. list of disabilities eligible for special education services. b. the rise has corresponded with the significant increase in the number of infants born with HIV. c. in the 1990s, Asperger syndrome was removed from the DSM-IV. d. there is now a broader definition for what used to be just autism.
Olivia has just obtained her driver’s license. She is nervous that she might break one of numerous “rules of the road” and receive both a ticket and a reprimand from her parents. Which component of Freud’s personality theory reflects this need to behave in moral, or right, ways?
a. ?unconscious b. ?ego c. ?superego d. ?id
In a nonequivalent before-after design, we compare:
a. the pretest and posttest scores of the experimental group. b. the pretest scores of the experimental and control groups. c. the posttest scores of the experimental and control groups. d. the change in scores from pretests to posttest for the experimental and control groups.
In order to avoid stigmatization, it is best to use generic labels such as mentally ill
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.