A study was conducted with a large group of unhappily married people who were interviewed twice over five years. The researchers asked, "Are those who divorced during this five-year period happier than those who stayed married?" They found:
a) on average, the people in the divorced group were no happier than those who
remained married.
b) women who divorced were happier, but men who divorced were not.
c) that one-quarter of those who stayed married over the five years reported that
their marriages had improved.
d) those people who were among the "happier" of the unhappy marriages at the
time of the first interview reported the most dramatic turnaround.
e) divorce greatly improved stress levels.
A
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a. values b. beliefs c. norms d. statuses e. judgments
American society today
a. offers equal opportunity for all. b. has greater social problems than ever before in our history. c. s haunted by deep-rooted social problems. d. is an example of Marx's definition of socialism.
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a. state laws prohibiting Mexican Americans from voting b. all-white primaries c. poll tax d. direct threats of violence
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a. children who experience relatively few problems immediately following the divorce may develop problems later in life, especially during life cycle transitions. b. the negative consequences that occur as a result of divorce are worse than the negative consequences children suffer from being raised in a troubled and conflict-ridden intact family. c. divorce has no impact on whether children will experience a divorce in future adult relationships d. all of the above