Which of the Following Best Describes the Gender Hypothesis

question 376

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the gender hypothesis?

• A) Women who give birth at a young age make better grandmothers than women who give birth later in life.
• B) Women who have grandmothers in the home are more successful at childrearing.
• C) Children raised by their grandmother are more likely to receive higher levels of education.
• D) Midlife menopause provides an evolutionary advantage by giving women no longer able to bare children time and energy to help succeeding generations thrive.

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Definitions:

Latent Learning

Learning that occurs without immediate reinforcement and is not demonstrated until a reward is offered.

Insight Learning

A cognitive process in which a problem is suddenly understood or solved without the need for trial-and-error.

Free Play

Unstructured, voluntary play that allows children to develop their imagination, creativity, and decision-making skills through spontaneous activities.

Higher Order Conditioning

A classical conditioning process where a conditioned stimulus is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus.