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Which of the following is NOT true of divorce?

a. It is usually the result of a mutual decision by both partners to end the marriage. b. It usually occurs after a long period of slowly increasing unhappiness. c. It can result, over the long term, in greater personal contentment and healthier psychological functioning. d. In the short term, it often brings about turmoil, animosity, and apprehension.

Your 8 year-old daughter came home singing, "Girls go to college to get more knowledge, boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider." You thought that this was pretty funny, but did not say so

From your development course, you know that this behavior occurs ____. a. as your daughter attempts to gain dominance over boys b. because there is a deep-seated hatred for the opposite sex during this age c. as a tentative first step toward romantic relationships that will occur later in adolescence d. because there is a great sense of natural competition between girls and boys