The Economic Freedom of the World Data Indicate That During

question 7

Multiple Choice

The economic freedom of the world data indicate that during 1985-2013, economic freedom in less developed countries

• A) declined and the economic freedom gap compared with high-income developed countries expanded.
• B) increased, but the economic freedom gap compared with high-income developed countries widened because economic freedom rose by an even larger amount in high-income countries.
• C) declined but the economic freedom gap compared with high-income developed countries narrowed because there was an even larger decline in economic freedom in high-income countries.
• D) increased, and the economic freedom gap compared with high-income developed countries narrowed.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Stimulus

In classical conditioning, a stimulus that naturally and automatically triggers a response without any prior learning.

Conditioned Stimulus

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

Acquisition

The initial learning of the connection between the unconditioned stimulus and the conditioned stimulus when these two stimuli are paired.

Association

A connection or linkage between thoughts, ideas, feelings, or memories, influenced by experiences or learning.