Poverty among lone aging women is deeper in the United States than in other Western nations because
A) U.S. women live longer than women in other Western nations.
B) women in other Western nations start out wealthier.
C) widowed women in the United States are more likely to live in federally subsidized residential units.
D) of less generous government-sponsored income and health benefits.
D
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a. functional fixedness. b. mental set. c. confirmation bias. d. availability heuristic. e. representativeness heuristic.
According to Chapter 9, what have some critics said about problem-solving courts? A. Guilt or innocence should be determined by a trial. B. Threatening punishment to force someone to be rehabilitated is not fair. C. Prosecutors feel pressured to choose rehabilitation of the perpetrator over protection of society
D. all of the above
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A) Seth has already developed the required cones in his eyes to differentiate between the three different colored balloons. B) Since Seth is only six weeks old, he can only distinguish between red and green. C) Seth probably only has the rods for blue vision in his eyes, so he won't be able to distinguish between red and green. D) At this age, Seth's cones are still too underdeveloped for him to distinguish any colors at all.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false