Bob Is in Good Health and Lives with His Parents

question 103

Multiple Choice

Bob is in good health and lives with his parents in a comfortable home. Linda is in poor health and lives with her parents in a very stressful home environment. All else being equal, chances are that:

• A) Bob tends to be more impulsive than Linda.
• B) Bob tends to be less impulsive than Linda.
• C) Neither a nor b is correct. These factors are probably unrelated to impulsiveness.
• D) Bob and Linda are equally impulsive.

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