Which Is False Regarding Weather-Related Damage

question 94

Multiple Choice

Which is false regarding weather-related damage?

• A) The cost has increased 500% during the last 20 years.
• B) The cost has reached $10 billion annually.
• C) The damage has never exceeded $90 billion worldwide.
• D) Damage from just Hurricane Katrina will exceed $130 Billion.

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Definitions:

Absolute Thresholds

The minimum stimulus intensity required for a stimulus to be detected at least 50% of the time.

Gustav Fechner

A German philosopher, physicist, and experimental psychologist who founded psychophysics, quantitatively measuring the relation between physical stimuli and the sensations and perceptions they affect.

Awareness

The knowledge or perception of a situation or fact.

Subliminal Priming

The use of stimuli below the threshold of conscious perception to influence thoughts or actions.