It is much more common for women to marry men of higher status than themselves
than for men to marry women of higher status than themselves. This is called
(a) hypergamy (b) polyandry
(c) women paying males for sex (d) polygyny
A
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a. experience less cardiovascular reactivity. b. are better able to deny their distress. c. experience fewer stressors. d. have a more effective coping style.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Roughly half of the variability in personality among individuals results from genetic factors. 2. The personality dimension with the highest heritability estimate is extraversion. 3. Siblings tend to have similar personalities primarily because they typically share a common environment. 4. Research suggests that parental divorce can produce large and lasting personality changes in children. 5. Women engage in more social relational aggression than do men.
According to psychologists Conor Seyle and Matthew Newman, the "red states and blue states" have become a national shorthand for dividing Americans into opposing camps with
a. reds being upper class and the blues being middle class. b. reds being liberal and the blues being conservative. c. reds being urban and the blues being rural. d. reds being religious and the blues being nonreligious.
Regarding the long-term effects of early and late maturation in puberty, the research studies show that negative effects are generally not significant in the long run except for ____.?
a. ?early-maturing females b. ?late-maturing females c. ?early-maturing males d. ?late-maturing males