The Increase in the Average Unemployment Rate in the 1970s

question 155

Multiple Choice

The increase in the average unemployment rate in the 1970s was the result of

• A) the reduction of overly generous unemployment benefits in the 1970s.
• B) an increase in the birth rate in the early 1970s.
• C) an increase in the birth rate in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
• D) higher real wage rates.
• E) repeated increases in the minimum wage.

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Definitions:

Heteronomous Morality

Piaget’s first stage of morality when children become aware of rules and view them as absolute and unalterable.

Mutual Perspective Taking

The ability to understand the thoughts and feelings of others from their viewpoint as well as one's own.

Reasoning

The cognitive function of forming deductions, evaluations, or conclusions based on given facts or propositions.

Fixed Ideas

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