Data Examining the Change in Real Family Income Show That

question 10

Multiple Choice

Data examining the change in real family income show that family incomes from 1979 to 2014 have

• A) decreased the most for those who make the most money.
• B) decreased evenly across all income levels.
• C) increased the most for those who make the most money.
• D) grown evenly across all income levels.

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Definitions:

Encoding Specificity Principle

A principle in psychology that suggests the recall of information is more effective when the context at the time of encoding matches the context at the time of retrieval.

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Priming

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