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cnetterville

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Which life circumstance might result in the heightened importance of a sense of agency for very old women?
 
  a. Having a husband who is active and healthy b. Living alone after widowhood
  c. Living with one's adult children after widowhood
  d. Experiencing one or more chronic illnesses

Question 2

The theory that men become more nurturant with age and women become more achievement-oriented is called
 
  a. gender role convergence.
  b. heterogeneity of gender. c. affiliative transformation. d. selective identification.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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