Which is true with regard to life expectancies in the United States today?
a. Life expectancy for all people, regardless of race and gender, is very similar.
b. Males are generally expected to outlive females by about five years.
c. Hormonal difference may account for sex differences in life expectancy.
d. Life expectancy is based on biological factors and does not vary by socioeconomic level (e.g., poverty versus wealth).
c
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A child who has an imaginary friend is displaying a cognitive deficit.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Davis and Azra eat dinner together after work. Several hours later, each starts to develop nausea and stomach pains. Davis has a somatic symptom disorder, Azra does not. Most likely, __________.
A. both men will think that the food they ate made them sick B. Davis will think that he has stomach cancer, and Azra will think that the food he ate made him sick C. Davis will think that the food he ate made him sick, and Azra will not think anything at all D. Azra will think that he has stomach cancer, and Davis will think that the food he ate made him sick
Jean Piaget called the idea that objects continue to exist even when they are not visible:
A) conservation. B) object permanence. C) inattentional blindness. D) objective blindsight.
State-dependent learning is a term which refers to the fact that
a. bodily states can be a strong cue for later memory. b. learning and memory can be increased with the use of drugs. c. sad people tend to have more emotionally-cued memories than happy people do. d. adults tend to lose eidetic memory as they grow older.