What Is an Age Pyramid

question 16

Multiple Choice

What is an age pyramid?

• A) a social system that ranks individuals according to age
• B) the tendency for the quality of life to decline as one ages
• C) a way of showing, in graph form, the percentage of a population in various age groups
• D) a research sampling technique designed to include representative samples of all age groups

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Definitions:

Perception

The way in which individuals sort out and make sense of their sensory observations to attribute meaning to their surroundings.

Unconscious Factors

Unconscious factors are elements underlying human behavior and thought processes that are not readily available to conscious awareness.

Case Study Method

A research strategy that involves the intensive examination of an individual or group to explore the causes of underlying principles or phenomena.

Behaviorism

The school of psychology that views observable, measurable behavior as the appropriate subject matter for psychology and emphasizes the key role of environment as a determinant of behavior.