Which of the Following Is Not an Aspect of Palaeodemography

question 4

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an aspect of palaeodemography?

• A) the identification of archaeological evidence for economic and trade links between ancient societies
• B) the study of the age structure of a past population
• C) the study of the sex structure of a past population
• D) the analysis of patterns of mortality, fertility and population growth
• E) the analysis of archaeological evidence that would reflect settlement size

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Definitions:

Paired Distinctiveness

Illusory correlation in which items are seen as belonging together because they share some unusual feature.

Availability Heuristic

A cognitive short-cut in which the frequency or likelihood of an event is based on how quickly instances or associations come to mind.

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Representativeness Heuristic

A cognitive shortcut that involves judging the probability of an event by its similarity to a prototype, potentially leading to errors in judgment.