Regarding Diversification, Two Periods Stand Out in the Last Century

question 45

True/False

Regarding diversification, two periods stand out in the last century: 1950 to 1980, when the trend was to diversify, and 1980 to today, characterized by firms refocusing on their core businesses

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Definitions:

Automatic Processing

Cognitive activities that require little effort, awareness, or conscious control, such as habits and learned skills.

Primacy Effect

The tendency to remember information at the beginning of a list better than information in the middle or end, often due to the initial items receiving more cognitive focus.

Memory Retention

The ability to retain information over time through the process of encoding, storage, and retrieval of memories.

Rhyme Recognition

The ability to identify and produce sounds that rhyme, a key phonological awareness skill in language and reading development.