Psyc 300 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

why do women live longer than men? correct answersdo more to prevent illness more likely to look up health info online know more than men about health more likely to seek treatment less risk taking less dangerous activities/jobs, friends t/f: Women of color are more likely than White women to have low income and to be uninsured correct answerstrue which people group has the highest uninsurance rate of any group of women correct answersLatinas, followed by native american wo...

Aggression correct answersbehavior that is intended to hurt someone, either physically or verbally Relational Aggression correct answersharming others through nonphysical hurtful manipulation of their peer relationships What kind of aggression does each gender use during preschool age? correct answersBoys show higher levels of physical aggression by age 2, and continue to be more physically and verbally aggressive through adulthood. Girls are more likely to be relational aggressive. Doe...

For millions of women, the ___ is the most dangerous place they could be. correct answershome In the US, domestic violence costs more than ___ a year in medical costs alone. correct answers$1 billion ___% of women who visit a hospital emergency room do so because of domestic violence. correct answers22-35 At least one woman in ___ in the world has been beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime by a member of her family. correct answersthree In Egypt, ___% of honor...

....... or ....... is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management but not from accidental or incidental causes." correct answersMaternal death or maternal mortality Maternal death or maternal mortality is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as "the death of a wo...

Factitious Disorder correct answersProduction of physical symptoms, injury of diseases. AKA Munchausen Syndrome. Most common in those who spent a lot of time in the hospital as a child, those who hold grudges against the medical community or those who have worked as medical aids Conversion Disorder correct answersDisorder in which medically unexplained bodily symptoms impact sensory/motor function. Neurological-like symptoms with no neurological explanation. Somatic Symptom Disorder correc...

belief and Tenacity belief that sticks around, pervasiveness in society/culture makes people believe it half of marriages end in divorce - where does this belief come from tenacity Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:01 / 0:15 Full screen belief and authority Believing something because someone in an authority position (ex. parent) says its true Vit C can reduce risk of getting a cold - where does this...

normal distribution - aka "bell curve" and a mesokurtic distribution and mathematically defined - symmetrical as the mean, median and mode overlap cumulative relative frequency provides a location of measure and cumulative proportion under a curve (example: a score of 0.27 means that that score is above 27% of everyone else) Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:02 / 0:15 Full screen percentile ranks percentag...

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Which form of feminism contends that gender inequality is rooted in the economic structure of North American society? Socialist feminism Events of the 1960s signaled the beginning of the modern feminist movement in the United States and included all except: A) The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan B) Women's right to vote C) Formation of NOW D) Equal Pay Act Women's right to vote Brainpower Read More 0:04 / 0:15 Which of the following influences selection of topics ...