Which of the Following Is True

question 237

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

• A) The proportion of college degrees earned by women has been virtually unchanged during the last four decades.
• B) There was a substantial increase in the earnings of women relative to men in the 1960s and 1970s following the passage of legislation prohibiting employment discrimination against women.
• C) The number of women preparing for careers as professionals has declined during the last two decades.
• D) In 2010, 57 percent of those completing college degrees were women.

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Definitions:

Life-Span Development

The study of how human beings grow, change, and develop throughout the course of their lives, from birth to death.

Social Roles

The patterns of behavior expected from individuals in specific positions or contexts within a society or group.

Personality Change

Refers to alterations in an individual's characteristic patterns of thoughts, behaviors, and feelings over time.

Extraverted

Being outgoing, energetically social, enthusiastic, and inclined towards engaging with the external world and people.