Why Is Reentering Formal Education Challenging for Women

question 46

Multiple Choice

Why is reentering formal education challenging for women?

• A) Because they typically have experienced failure in college previously.
• B) Because education for a middle-aged woman is not seen as valuable in Western culture.
• C) Because they have to juggle multiple and often conflicting demands of family, household, school, and work.
• D) Because they do not see the benefits of college.

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Definitions:

Limbic System

A complex system of nerves and networks in the brain, involving several areas near the edge of the cortex concerned with instinct and mood. It controls the basic emotions and drives.

Emotion Regulation

The process of influencing which emotions one has, when they have them, and how they experience and express these emotions.

Formal Operational

The last phase of Piaget's cognitive development theory, marked by the capacity for abstract, logical, and systematic thought.

Development

The process of growth or progression through a sequence of physical, psychological, and emotional changes that occur in human beings from birth to the end of life.