Question ID:PT23 S2 Q14 Passage:Kim:  In northern Europe during the eighteenth century a change of attitude occurred that found expression both in the adoption of less solemn and elaborate death rites by the population at large and in a more optimistic view of the human condition as articulated by philosophers.  This change can be explained as the result of a dramatic increase in life expectancy that occurred in northern Europe early in the eighteenth century.Lee:  Your explanation seems unlikely, because it could not be correct unless the people of the time were aware that their life expectancy had increased. Stem:Which one of the following, if true, provides the strongest defense of Kim's explanation against Lee's criticism? Correct Answer Choice:AChoice A:An increase in life expectancy in a population often gives rise to economic changes that, in turn, directly influence people's attitudes. Choice B:Present-day psychologists have noted that people's attitudes toward life can change in response to information about their life expectancy. Choice C:Philosophers in northern Europe during the eighteenth century made many conjectures that did not affect the ideas of the population at large. Choice D:The concept of life expectancy is based on statistical theories that had not been developed in the eighteenth century. Choice E:Before the eighteenth century the attitudes of northern Europeans were more likely to be determined by religious teaching than by demographic phenomena.