How Have the Growing Gap Between the Rich and the Poor

question 17

Essay

How have the growing gap between the rich and the poor and the changing composition of job opportunities in the U.S. altered citizens' capacity for social mobility? Are there solutions to the problem?

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Definitions:

Template Matching

A theory of pattern recognition that suggests objects are identified by comparing them to mental templates or prototypes.

Featural Analysis

A process in cognitive psychology where visual stimuli are broken down into their basic elements or features for recognition and processing.

Prototype Matching

A theory in cognitive psychology that proposes the process of object recognition involves comparing stimulus with an internally stored prototype or the most typical example of a category.

Perceptual Learning

The process of learning to recognize patterns, objects, and environments through sensory experience.