What Is Demography

question 10

Multiple Choice

What is demography?

• A)the science of population changes
• B)an "actual enumeration" of the population-
• C)the distribution of the population's beliefs about politics and policy issues
• D)an accounting of what the American people believe

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Definitions:

Estrogen

A hormone (the so-called female sex hormone) that promotes the development and maintenance of female physical characteristics and that is involved in sexual activity and desire,

Testosterone

A hormone (the so-called male sex hormone) that stimulates development of male secondary sexual characteristics and that is involved in sexual activity and desire, variations in the level of which can lower or increase sex drive.

Prolactin

A hormone that helps initiate and maintain breast milk production in pregnant and nursing women, and that is involved in sexual activity and desire, variations in the level of which can lower or increase sex drive.

Oxytocin

A hormone and neurotransmitter involved in childbirth and lactation, also associated with empathy, trust, sexual activity, and relationship-building.