Amanda is asked to study a list of words and recall them afterwards. she ends up having an easier time remembering the word set "cat; notebook; desk" than the word set "void; inherent; hypothetical". this illustrates

The answer is the concreteness effect.

Explanation:

This effect demonstrates that concrete nouns (tangible objects) are more easily remembered than abstract nouns.

The explanation for this phenomenon involves the dual-coding theory. This means that, when presented with concrete nouns, a person also accesses the right hemishphere of his brain, which is responsible for processing images.

this is a pretty broad question and can be a pretty lengthy answer. since 1900, women have gained a lot more rights and have become active in the workforce. with women being in the workforce, men play a larger role in family life. many family tasks are shared between men and women, whereas, women used to be the sole family caretakers.

that should get you started at least.