The Total Fertility Rate

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Multiple Choice

The total fertility rate

• A) measures the average number of children that a woman is expected to have during her lifetime.
• B) exceeds the replacement rate in countries with a falling population.
• C) equals the rate of population change over time.
• D) rises as income rises.

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Definitions:

Split-Brain Patient

An individual who has had the corpus callosum, the connective bridge between the two hemispheres of the brain, severed, often used to study the separate functions of the brain hemispheres.

Left Visual Field

The part of the visual field perceived by the right hemisphere of the brain, encompassing the left side of the environment as seen by each eye.

Right Visual Field

The right visual field pertains to the part of the environment perceived by the right half of the retina in each eye, processed primarily by the brain's left hemisphere.

Contralateral Neglect

Ignoring a part of the body or world on the side opposite (contralateral to) that of a brain injury.