A Primary Focus of the Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

question 30

Multiple Choice

A primary focus of the Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, which became know as the ___________________________, was to allow the U.S.Treasury purchase up to $700 billion of troubled or toxic assets held by financial institutions.

• A)Troubled Asset Reduction Program (TARP)
• B)Toxic Asset Recovery Program (TARP)
• C)Troubled Area Relief Program (TARP)
• D)Toxic Area Recovery Program (TARP)
• E)none of the above

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Definitions:

Repression

A psychological process in which traumatic memories are buried in the unconscious.

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist who founded the discipline of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Defense Mechanism

Unconscious psychological strategies brought into play by individuals to protect themselves from anxiety or to provide a refuge from a situation with which they cannot currently cope.

Rationalization

A defense mechanism in which controversial behaviors or feelings are justified and explained in a seemingly rational or logical manner to avoid the true explanation.