What Was True of the Average Real Wages of American

question 27

Multiple Choice

What was true of the average real wages of American workers from 1973 to the mid-1990s?

• A) They rose at the highest rate in the nation's history.
• B) They declined steadily.
• C) They steadily rose and caused a significant increase in the size of the middle class.
• D) They declined at a higher rate than during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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Definitions:

Steady State Theory

The cosmic hypothesis suggesting that the universe has always existed and maintains a constant average density, despite its expansion, through the continuous creation of new matter.

Fluid Intelligence

The aspect of intelligence involving the ability to reason quickly, think abstractly, and solve problems in novel situations, typically seen as independent of acquired knowledge.

Crystallized Intelligence

The ability to use knowledge that has been acquired through experience.

Metacognition

The ability to think about and understand one’s own cognitive processes and their effects.