According to the discussion of education in nonindustrialized countries,
a. when mothers are able to read, they typically have healthier children, who are also better educated.
b. the literacy rate for women is uniformly low in all these countries.
c. the wealthiest countries in the world have donated so much money that any gender difference in literacy should be eliminated by 2015.
d. about 55% of the world's illiterate adults are female.
A
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Which field of psychology did Duntley and Buss suggest could unify psychology with all of the other life sciences?
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A) decrease from young adulthood through midlife. B) increase from young adulthood through midlife. C) remain at a high level from young adulthood through midlife. D) remain at a low level from young adulthood through midlife.
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a. suffer from an imbalance of serotonin in their brains. b. are reinforced for their depressed behaviors. c. have low self-efficacy. d. use self-deprecating statements. e. have had many childhood traumas.