Which of the following statements about the population pyramids for advanced industrial countries is correct?
a. There are bulges in the pyramid for particular cohorts, but for the most part the cohorts pass in a regular fashion through the stages of life.
b. They tend to have a broad top, which gets progressively narrower toward the bottom.
c. They tend to have a bulging middle, a very narrow base, and a sharp point.
d. They tend to have a very broad base and a sharp point at the top.
Question 2The linguistic-relativity hypothesis states that language shapes and limits a culture's patterns of thinking.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 3Which of the following terms refers to people of the same age who are passing through the life course together?
a. age cohort
b. age grade
c. the fertility rate
d. the sex ratio
Question 4Research has shown that primates are capable of learning a rudimentary form of language.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 5Aries' study of the emergence of childhood revealed that:
a. forms of play and education were the same for girls as for boys
b. girls were treated as infants until the advent of puberty
c. male children were allowed to play among themselves and be educated for adulthood
d. the concept of girlhood developed a century before the concept of boyhood
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