A researcher is interested in whether high school students who play sports have a higher or lower body mass index (BMI) than students in the general population. The researcher is unsure whether playing sports will decrease body mass (due to more calories burned) or increase body mass (due to more muscle mass). The researcher selects a sample of 60 athletes and finds that their average BMI is 22

Jack finds it extremely difficult to pull himself away from the blackjack table. He keeps thinking he will break even as the next hand will be his winning one. This is a _____ schedule.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

Typical of research on gender-graded influences, Moen and Spencer (2001) found that men are more likely to be in paid work positions throughout adulthood whereas women moved between paid and unpaid work,

with the unpaid times usually associated with caregiving for children, grandchildren, and older family members. Identify a potential consequence to this trend. a) With a continuous history of work, men may be hired ahead of women who have "gaps" in their work history. b) Women may feel as though they are not as valuable, or their skills are not as valuable, because their caregiving is unpaid work. c) Also, with more years of employment men are likely to have better retirement incomes. d) All of the Above