Research shows that, across time, married couples have sex less and less often. However, it should be noted that the ____
a. lower frequency can be almost entirely explained by the fact that longer-married couples tend to have children (and having children has the effect of reducing sex).
b. decline is statistically insignificant and cyclical in nature
c. lower frequency is due to both age and length of marriage
d. decline does not start for several years into marriage
C
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a. the positive side of human nature. b. the deterministic nature of human environments. c. unconscious motivations. d. stimulus-response relationships in humans. e. our brain biochemistry.
All of the following descriptions of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development are accurate except
a. the majority of infants in the sample entered nonparental childcare before the age of 4 months b. mothers with the highest incomes returned to work later than other mothers in the sample c. children older than age two years were more likely to be cared for in childcare centers than were children younger than two d. researchers gathered information about children's social, emotional, cognitive, and language development, as well as behavior problems and physical health and development