When Considering Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Level of Education, There

question 32

Multiple Choice

When considering gender, socioeconomic status, and level of education, there has been a consistent finding over many studies. Which of the following describes the outcome?

• A) Males are more likely to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana, than are females.
• B) Males are more likely to drink alcohol, but females are more likely to smoke marijuana, than are males.
• C) Females are more likely to drink alcohol, but males are more likely to smoke marijuana, than are females.
• D) Females are more likely to drink alcohol and smoke marijuana, than are males.

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Definitions:

Temporal Lobe

A region of the brain located at the sides near the temples, important for processing auditory information and encoding memory.

Hippocampus

A major component of the brains of humans and other vertebrates, involved in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial navigation.

Prospective Memory

The aspect of memory that involves remembering to perform a planned action or recall a planned intention at some future point in time.

Context-dependent Memory

Context-dependent memory refers to the improved recall of specific information when the context present at encoding and retrieval of the information is the same.