In Which of the Following Societies Would You Expect the Period

question 178

Multiple Choice

In which of the following societies would you expect the period called "adolescence" to be the longest?

• A) the United States during the early 1800s
• B) the United States today
• C) a hunter-gatherer society in rural South America in the early 1800s
• D) a hunter-gatherer society in rural South America today

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