The Austerity Measures Put into Place in the Wake of the Global

question 122

Multiple Choice

The austerity measures put into place in the wake of the global financial crisis resulted in all of the following except

• A)increased homelessness.
• B)mass protests.
• C)reductions in pensions, wages, and health care services.
• D)a speedy economic recovery for Europe and the United States.
• E)the rise in Europe of political parties of the far left and right.

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Definitions:

Proximal Stimulus

The energies from the outside world that directly reach our sense organs.

British Empiricism

A philosophical viewpoint that emphasizes the role of sensory experience in the formation of ideas, stating that knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience.

Tabula Rasa

A theory suggesting that individuals are born without built-in mental content, and all knowledge comes from experience or perception.

Innate

Something that is present from birth, not learned or acquired through experience.