A Study Published in 2011 by the OECD Noted That

question 52

Multiple Choice

A study published in 2011 by the OECD noted that

• A) the real household income of unskilled workers in the United States increased more in comparison to that of skilled workers.
• B) in almost all countries real income levels declined over the 20-year period studied.
• C) the falling unemployment rates brought gains to low-wage workers and fairly broad-based wage growth.
• D) the gap between the poorest and richest segments of society in some OECD countries had widened.

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Definitions:

Cognition

Acquiring knowledge and insight through the processes of thought, experience, and sensory perception.

Social-Cognitive Perspective

A psychological viewpoint that focuses on how people process, store, and apply information about other people and social situations.

Hypnosis

A trance-like state of focused attention, heightened suggestibility, and diminished peripheral awareness, often induced by a hypnotic induction technique.

Altered State

A condition of mind distinctly different from the normal waking state, induced by various means such as meditation, drugs, hypnosis, or extreme physical exertion.