The average number of years that persons in a given population born at a particular time can expect to live is called the ____

a. mortality age
b. life span
c. life course
d. survival age
e. life expectancy


E

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What is the relationship between marital satisfaction and household labor?

a. Marital satisfaction increases if women perceive the labor division to be fair. b. Marital satisfaction increases if men do exactly half of the household labor. c. Marital satisfaction increases if men do more than half of the household labor. d. Marital satisfaction increases if men perceive the labor division to be fair.

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This type of divorced parents is similar to angry associates, except they are incapable of coparenting

A) dissolved duos B) fiery foes C) cooperative colleagues D) perfect pals

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Which of the following scenarios supports the argument that nurture shapes behavior?

A. Evelyn, like all the women in her family, outlived her husband.  B. Kamela's sense of smell was far more acute than her husband's, enabling her to be able to tell what seasoning her food needed without tasting it. C. Logan and his twin sister were raised by positive, affirming parents. Logan, however, suffered from attention deficit disorder, which is more common among men, while his sister did not. D. Joshua has been diagnosed with skin cancer, but none of his sisters have been. E. Benjie's father, an alcoholic, suffered from liver damage. He advised his son from a young age to avoid such destructive habits, and Benjie grew up to have a healthy lifestyle.

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The earth's resources are finite; only a certain number of a given species can inhabit an environment. These are examples of a concept that is basic to understanding environmental stress, which is __________

a. growth b. interdependence c. limits d. complexity

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