The number of children that the average woman bears is known as
a. fecundity.
b. the fertility rate.
c. mortality.
d. the demographic transition.
b. the fertility rate.
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Survey research on attitudes towards premarital sex tells us that
a. the public is more accepting of premarital sex than it was a generation ago. b. there has been little or no change in public attitudes towards premarital sex in recent decades. c. the public is less accepting of premarital sex than it was a generation ago. d. almost no one today claims that premarital sex is wrong.
The results of Dixon and Gould (1998) on married couples and collaborative cognition illustrates
a. older couples perform better than singles but not as well as young married couples. b. older couples perform worse than younger couples. c. older couples perform as well as younger couples. d. older couples performed as well as younger singles.
According to Hirschi's theory of social control, if elements of bonding to society are weak, the individual might
a) have strong self-control. b) have a good self-concept. c) develop a strong goal orientation. d) slide into deviance.
When we evaluate ourselves, we use
a. reference groups. b. categories. c. out-groups. d. primary groups.