A Gerontologist Decides to Use the Census Data to Study

question 5

Multiple Choice

A gerontologist decides to use the census data to study how many older people are living in poverty. Using existing data that were initially collected for another purpose is an example of

• A) ethnography
• B) phenomenology
• C) secondary data analysis
• D) data collection
• E) participatory action research

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Definitions:

Auditory Processing

The mechanism by which the brain interprets and makes sense of sound information received from the ears.

Language Acquisition

The process by which humans gain the ability to perceive and comprehend language, as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate.

Critical Time Period

A specific phase in an organism's life during which it is particularly sensitive to environmental stimuli that shape development.

Auditory Pathway

The sequence of neural structures that sound waves travel through to be processed as sounds in the brain, from the ear to the auditory cortex.