You Recently Read a Study in Which the Researchers Concluded

question 28

Multiple Choice

You recently read a study in which the researchers concluded that after age 60, women's IQs drop dramatically.This conclusion was based upon comparisons of women born between 1910-1930 and women born between 1960- 1980.Based upon this information, the comment you would most likely make is

• A)this is not a valid result because men were not included in the study.
• B)longitudinal research doesn't work well when looking at IQ over time.
• C)cohort effects likely account for the observed differences.
• D)whoever conducted this study is negatively biased against older women.

Explain the historical significance of key terms, events, and individuals from late 19th and early 20th century America.

Comprehend how late nineteenth-century Americans perceived economic independence and democratic self-government.

Explore the reinterpretation of the Civil War's memory in the 1880s and 1890s and its implications.

Evaluate the Populist Party's vision of freedom and government and its perceived radicalism.

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Definitions:

Selfishness

The act of placing one's own needs or desires above the welfare of others.

Lions Hunt

The cooperative behavior displayed by lions when pursuing and capturing prey to ensure survival of the pride.

Cooperative Breeding

A reproductive strategy where more than two individuals contribute care to the offspring, often observed in birds and mammals.

Kin Selection Hypothesis

An evolutionary strategy that favors the reproductive success of an organism's relatives, even at a cost to the organism's own survival and reproduction.