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31. The association between education and health  a. changes when age, sex, and race are taken into account. b. changes when marital status is taken into account. c. changes when parental education is taken into account. d. remains even after age, sex, race, marital status, and parental education are taken into account. 32. Regarding the association between education and health, the most important factor is  a. the prestige of the college attended. b. the number of years in college. c. whether the person completed a degree or not. d. how much of a financial advantage was obtained by having a college education. 33. The relationship between years of education and health is largely due to all of the following EXCEPT for more educated people having a. more fulfilling work. b. a sense of personal control and social support. c. more financial stability. d. a healthier lifestyle. 34. Patsy has eight years of college, although she has never completed a degree. We can expect Patsy to a. be more likely to be depressed. b. have marital conflict. c. have a healthy lifestyle. d. be overweight. 35. Diet, exercise patterns, smoking, and alcohol consumption influence  a. one’s risk of chronic diseases. b. one’s risk of infectious diseases. c. both of these. d. neither of these. 36. Chronic stress disrupts the delicate balance of hormones and proteins that regulates your __________, causing responses that trigger inflammation to increase while responses that help fend off microscopic invaders decrease.  a. circulatory system b. immune system c. nervous system d. digestive system 37. Mary and her family had to move from their home in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Mary’s husband has not found a job in their new location, so Mary has been working two jobs. During this past two years, Mary has experienced several colds and two bouts of stomach virus. Mary’s illnesses are most likely due to   a. a genetic vulnerability. b. a lack of medical care. c. chronic stress. d. being in this new geographical location. 38. Chronic stress in the form of ________ can disrupt the delicate balance of hormones and proteins that regulates your immune system, causing responses that trigger inflammation to increase while responses that help fend off microscopic invaders decrease.  a. job stress b. marital conflict c. natural disasters d. all of these 39. In an experiment in which volunteers who were under stress were administered a nasal drop containing a cold-producing virus, which volunteers became sick? a. Only those volunteers who had negative emotional reactions to the stress became sick. b. A majority of the volunteers over 60 years of age became sick. c. Only those volunteers who had been under stress for more than six months became sick. d. Those who had experienced a large number of stressful life events consistently became sick even when the volunteers were not feeling unusually upset by the stress. 40. Among people who are equally stressed, those who _______ get sick less often than their peers. a. are more extraverted b. are more agreeable c. use stress management techniques d. show all of these characteristics