Since World War II, U

question 47

Multiple Choice

Since World War II, U.S. policy has focused primarily on keeping ______________ in check; this choice has a practical consequence: it maintains or increases the level of poverty.

• A) discrimination
• B) unemployment
• C) economic development
• D) starvation
• E) inflation

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Definitions:

Environmental Influences

Factors within an individual's surroundings that affect their behavior, development, and life outcomes.

Psychosexual Development

Freud's theory suggesting the development of an individual's sexual identity progresses through several discrete stages from childhood to adulthood, each defined by a specific conflict and focus on different areas of the body.

Anal-retentive Trait

A personality characteristic linked with the psychoanalytic theory of Freud, often associated with a person who is overly orderly, precise, and resistant to change.

Freud's Theory

A set of psychological theories developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasize the importance of unconscious processes, sexual and aggressive instincts, and early childhood experiences.