Professor Marcus is studying new parents' stress levels after the birth of a baby, to see if prematurity has an effect on parental stress. In this scenario, prematurity is the

A. dependent variable.
B. independent variable.
C. control variable.
D. none of these.


B

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Julie pays a portion of her paycheck into Social Security each week. Once she is 65, she will have access to the money that she has contributed. This reflects __________

A) welfare B) social insurance C) workfare D) Medicare

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What outcome does research evidence suggest for occupational distribution in high-technology settings?

a. increasingly middle-class distribution of jobs b. mostly highly-paid jobs, with a few poorly-paid jobs c. increasing share of poorly-paid jobs, with a few highly-paid jobs d. creation of non-traditional occupations whose pay varies from setting to setting e. unchanged occupational distribution from the 1980s

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The rapid increase in suburbanization in the United States occurred in the:

a. 1920s b. 1930s and 1940s c. 1950s and 1960s d. 1980s

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In 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize gay marriage. As of June, 2015, same-sex marriage is legal in __________ states.

A. all 50 B. 37 C. 25 D. 13

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