What Was the Primary Motivation for the Federal Reserve and U.S.Treasury

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Multiple Choice

What was the primary motivation for the Federal Reserve and U.S.Treasury in spending more than a trillion dollars to bailout firms in the fall of 2008?

• A)They were rewarding campaign contributors.
• B)They were trying to avoid a financial collapse that would lead to another Great Depression.
• C)They were trying to reduce moral hazard.
• D)All of the above.
• E)None of the above.

Differentiate between various defense mechanisms and their roles in psychoanalysis.

Identify Freud's contributions to psychology and the development of psychoanalytic theory.

Evaluate the reliability, validity, and criticisms of projective tests in psychoanalytic practice.

Discuss Freud's psychosexual development theory and its stages.

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Definitions:

Public-sector Managers

Individuals responsible for directing, controlling, and overseeing the operations and budgets within government departments or public sector organizations.

Economically Efficient

A situation in which resources are allocated in a way that maximizes the net benefit to society, with no way to improve someone's condition without worsening another's.

Public Choice Theory

An economic theory that studies how public decisions and policies are made, considering individuals in the public sector make choices largely based on their own interests, similar to those in the private sector.

Private Sector

The part of the economy that is owned and operated by private individuals and companies, not controlled by the state, focusing on profit generation.