According to the Text, Patterns of Touch Are Strongly Influenced

question 4

Multiple Choice

According to the text, patterns of touch are strongly influenced by gender. Which of the following statements regarding gender and touch is false?

• A) Women are more likely to use touch for emotional support than men are.
• B) Boys tend to be touched by their parents more roughly than girls are.
• C) Social status has an influence on touching in terms of both who is touched and who is doing the touching.
• D) In everyday interaction,, men and women tend to use touch about equally.

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Definitions:

Pulmonary Arteries

The blood vessels that transport blood lacking oxygen from the heart to the lungs to be oxygenated.

Right Atrium

The right upper chamber of the heart that receives deoxygenated blood from the body through the vena cava and pumps it into the right ventricle.

Blood

A vital fluid in humans and other animals that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells and transports metabolic waste products away.

Pulmonary Veins

Blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.