In Recent Studies of Power in Dual-Career Marriages, ________

question 42

Multiple Choice

In recent studies of power in dual-career marriages, ________.

• A) over 70 percent of wives say when there's a really important decision on which the spouses disagree, both have equal power
• B) about 35 percent of wives say when there's an important decision on which the spouses disagree, the wife has the final say
• C) there is a consistent pattern of inequality of power in favor of husbands
• D) male dominance is endorsed as much as it is in traditional marriages

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Definitions:

Weighted Averaging

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Final Impression

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Schemata

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