What Is True of Education and the Literacy Rate of a Country

question 50

Multiple Choice

What is true of education and the literacy rate of a country?

• A) According to the World Bank, even countries with less than 50 percent literacy have been economically successful.
• B) Numerous studies indicate a direct link between the literacy rate of a country and its capability for rapid economic growth.
• C) Communicating in a literate market is much more difficult than communicating with one in which a marketer must depend on pictures and symbols.
• D) Increasingly, schools are seen as leading to negative cultural changes.
• E) Compared to governments, education has relatively little influence on culture.

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Definitions:

Emotional Preference

An individual's inclination towards certain feelings or emotional states over others, often influencing their choices and behavior.

Two-factor Theory

A psychological theory that proposes emotion is based on two factors: physiological arousal and cognitive label.

Stimuli

External or internal events that elicit a response from the sensory system or the organism as a whole.

Interpretations

The act of explaining or understanding the meaning of something, often applied to data, texts, or artworks.