When Housing Prices Fall,as They Did Beginning in 2006 Following

question 221

Multiple Choice

When housing prices fall,as they did beginning in 2006 following the housing market bubble,consumption spending on furniture,appliances,and home improvements ________ as many households found it ________ to borrow against the value of their homes.

• A)declined; easier
• B)declined; harder
• C)increased; easier
• D)increased; harder

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Definitions:

Temporal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for processing auditory information and is involved in memory and speech.

Feature Detectors

Neurons in the brain that identify specific features of a stimulus, such as shape, angle, or movement.

Bipolar Cells

Neurons in the retina that transmit signals from the photoreceptors to the ganglion cells.

Blindsight

A phenomenon in which people who are perceptually blind in certain areas of their visual field demonstrate some response to visual stimuli without consciously perceiving them.