Downscale Consumers Often Spend a Higher Percentage of Their Available

question 51

Multiple Choice

Downscale consumers often spend a higher percentage of their available incomes on ________ than do their middle-class counterparts.

• A) entertainment
• B) housing
• C) education
• D) food
• E) clothing

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Definitions:

Reasoning

The mental process of generating conclusions, judgments, or inferences from facts or premises.

Time-Outs

A disciplinary technique used with children, involving a brief separation from the environment where inappropriate behavior has occurred, to decrease negative behavior.

Gender Appropriate

Behavior or characteristics that society deems suitable for an individual based on their gender.

Psychological Control

A disciplinary technique that involves threatening to withdraw love and support, using a child’s feelings of guilt and gratitude to the parents.