What Happens During the Norms Life Cycle

question 55

Multiple Choice

What happens during the norms life cycle?

• A)Norms start out widely accepted and then fade until they are not followed,leading to a boomerang where actors once again begin to believe in them.
• B)Norm entrepreneurs frame issues to convince others to share their beliefs,eventually leading to a norm cascade as more actors accept those beliefs.
• C)Norms become widely accepted quite easily but are never effective in altering behavior unless some sort of enforcement is present.
• D)Norms tend to begin to reach prominence in the Global South before ultimately transitioning to the Global North as well.

---

Definitions:

Actual Price Level

The current level of prices in the economy for goods and services, reflecting inflation or deflation in the market.

Real Wages

The purchasing power of wages, taking into account the effects of inflation or deflation, representing the quantity of goods and services wages can buy.

Cyclical Unemployment

Unemployment that rises during economic downturns and falls when the economy improves, directly related to cycles of economic upturn and downturn.

Natural Rate

The long-term unemployment rate around which the labor market is considered to be in balance, where the number of people seeking jobs equals the number of jobs available.