The Table Shows the Life Expectancy in Years of the G8

question 142

Multiple Choice

The table shows the life expectancy in years of the G8 countries (Datablog, Guardian.co.uk, July 8 2009) .What is the mode of life expectancy in the eight countries?

• A)78 years
• B)80 years
• C)81 years
• D)75 years
• E)860 years

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Definitions:

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept that posits individuals seek immediate gratification to avoid pain and increase pleasure, driving much of human behavior.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Primary Process

A term from psychoanalytic theory that describes the irrational and instinctual thought processes of the unconscious mind.

Condensation

In psychoanalytic theory, the method of primary process thinking in which several ideas are compressed into one.