Melissa is sitting at her preschool table playing with a toy car, while Alex is sitting next to her playing with a toy car and making quiet engine sounds. These two children never interact together

Your housekeeper has an excellent ability to report details, but does not recognize emotions. She answers the door and says the following: "There is a person at the door with eyes that have a penetrating stare, a vertical crease in the brow,

tensed lids of the eyes, and pressed lips." What would you do after hearing this description? a) Invite the person in for some coffee. b) Run out the back door as fast as possible. c) Ask the person to share whatever is so surprising. d) Tell the person not to bring that foul smelling material into the house.

Emma left home to attend college and lived on her own until she got married. As her own children grew up and left home, her parenting responsibilities declined. She eventually retired and her husband died

This series of phases that Emma has experienced is referred to as the A) family life cycle. B) dual-loss model. C) social clock. D) cultural structure.