By December 2009, the Recession That Began in December 2007

question 147

Multiple Choice

By December 2009, the recession that began in December 2007

• A) had shifted 2 million people out of TANF and into the unemployment compensation system.
• B) doubled the number of people on welfare.
• C) raised the number of TANF recipients from 3.9 million to about 4.4 million.
• D) raised the number of TANF recipients to about 5 percent of the population.

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Definitions:

Sigmund Freud

An Austrian neurologist known as the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology.

Unconscious

A part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious mind but that affects behaviors and emotions.

Dreams

Mental experiences that occur during sleep, often involving imaginary, vivid, and complex scenarios.

Hypnosis

A trance-like state of focused attention, reduced peripheral awareness, and heightened suggestibility, often used for therapeutic purposes.