A Cause of the Unequal Distribution of Income in the United

question 207

Multiple Choice

A cause of the unequal distribution of income in the United States is

• A)differences in work preferences and risks.
• B)differences in noncash transfers.
• C)high expenditures for social insurance.
• D)a low benefit-reduction rate for income.

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Definitions:

Conditioning

A basic kind of learning that involves associations among environmental stimuli and an organism’s behavior.

Unconditioned Response

An automatic, natural reaction to a stimulus that does not require any learning process to occur.

Salivation

The secretion of saliva, often stimulated by the sight, smell, or taste of food.

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with an unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.