After Bill's Parents' Divorce, He and His Mother Were Forced

Multiple Choice

After Bill's parents' divorce, he and his mother were forced to move into an apartment and he had to switch schools. The losses Bill experienced following the divorce marked a turning point in his life, because from then on, he did poorly in school. His parents' divorce would be considered a:

A) normative, age-graded influence
B) normative, history-graded influence
C) nonnormative influence
D) normative, gender-graded influence