The Increase in the Number of Younger Wives Having Affairs

question 31

Multiple Choice

The increase in the number of younger wives having affairs has been attributed to:

• A) sexual explicit media images.
• B) higher educational levels among women.
• C) women entering the labor force.
• D) the emergence of American individualism.

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Definitions:

Calories

Units of energy in food, quantifying the amount of energy provided to the body when consumed.

Set-Point Theory

A theory that suggests human body weight is regulated around a genetically predetermined 'set point.'

Hypothalamus

A region of the brain responsible for the regulation of certain metabolic processes and other activities of the autonomic nervous system, including temperature regulation, thirst, hunger, sleep, mood, and sex drive.

Fat Cell Theory

The hypothesis that the number of fat cells in the body is fixed in early life and that obesity is related to the size of the fat cells rather than their number.