A Professor of Economics at a Prominent University Recently Urged

question 99

True/False

A professor of economics at a prominent university recently urged government policy makers to cut taxes and increase government spending in order to pull the economy out of its current downturn. The policy measures called for by the professor are examples of fiscal policy.

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Definitions:

Core Knowledge Researchers

Scientists and psychologists focused on understanding how humans, especially infants, develop core domains of understanding about the world, such as physics, biology, and psychology.

Core Knowledge Theorist

A theorist who posits that humans are born with innate, domain-specific knowledge systems, such as for language and physics.

Violation-of-expectation

A research method used in developmental psychology to study infants' understanding of the world by observing their reactions to events that contradict their expectations.

Tertiary Circular Reactions

A cognitive developmental stage in infants described by Piaget, involving the purposeful adaptation of established schemes to new situations.