Policy-Oriented Economists Seek to Develop Theories to

question 6

Multiple Choice

Policy-oriented economists seek to develop theories to

• A)explain how things work, so policies can be formulated.
• B)describe what happened in a particular time period in history.
• C)describe current economic events.
• D)find correlations between events.
• E)change people's values and ethics.

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Definitions:

Dissociative Amnesia

The inability of an individual to remember some period of her life, or even her entire past, including her identity; often understood as a way of coping with extremely painful events.

Dissociative Identity Disorder

A mental disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states.

Dissociative Fugue

A rare psychiatric disorder characterized by reversible amnesia for personal identity, including memories, personality, and other identifying characteristics.

Autism

A disorder usually diagnosed in young children, and characterized by a wide range of developmental problems, including language and motor problems.