Explain Why the Problems of the Mid to Late 1970s

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Essay

Explain why the problems of the mid to late 1970s made it very difficult for either President Ford or President Carter to have much success. What were the problems? How did each president attempt to solve them? Why were they not very successful?

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Definitions:

Conscious Awareness

The state of being aware of and able to think about one's own existence, thoughts, and surroundings.

Psychoanalytic

Psychoanalytic refers to a set of theories and therapeutic techniques related to the study of the unconscious mind, which were developed by Sigmund Freud.

Unconscious

The part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious mind but that affects behavior and emotions.

Blindsight

The ability of people who are cortically blind due to lesions in their striate cortex to respond to visual stimuli that they do not consciously see.