All but Which of the Following Statements Is True About

question 19

Multiple Choice

All but which of the following statements is true about life in past generations?

• A) infant and child mortality rates were high
• B) maternal mortality rates were high
• C) the odds of three generations of a family being alive at the same time were high
• D) women born in the 19^th Century, would on average, be widowed before their youngest child left home
• E) extended multigenerational households were few and when they did exist, it was due to economic need or situations in which older people assisted younger family members

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Definitions:

Inductive Reasoning

A logical process in which multiple premises, all believed true, are combined to obtain a specific conclusion.

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Cross-sectional Research

A research method that involves analyzing data from a population, or a representative subset, at a specific point in time to identify trends and patterns.

Intellectual Development

The process in which a person's cognitive abilities and capacity for logical thinking evolve over time.