One Hypothesis to Explain the Rising Gap in Wages Between

question 372

True/False

One hypothesis to explain the rising gap in wages between unskilled and skilled workers in the United States is that international trade has altered the relative demands for skilled and unskilled workers.

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Definitions:

Behaviorism

A school of psychology that focuses on observable behaviors and the ways in which they're learned or conditioned rather than on internal processes like emotions and thoughts.

Cognitive Processes

Mental activities involved in acquiring, processing, and storing knowledge.

Discrimination

Unfair or prejudiced treatment of individuals or groups based on characteristics such as race, gender, age, or sexual orientation.

Neutral Stimulus

A stimulus that initially does not elicit any intrinsic response until it is associated with an unconditioned stimulus in classical conditioning.