Between 1995 and 2009,the Amount of Credit Default Swaps (CDSs)exploded,along

question 15

Multiple Choice

Between 1995 and 2009,the amount of credit default swaps (CDSs) exploded,along with the marketing of securitized mortgages.By their peak in 2008,there were about ________ of CDSs outstanding.

• A) $62 million
• B) $62 billion
• C) $6.2 trillion
• D) $62 trillion

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Definitions:

Repressed Memories

Memories that have been unconsciously blocked due to being associated with a high level of stress or trauma.

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where older information learned previously interferes with the recall of newer information.

Recall

The act of retrieving information or memories from the past without the use of explicit cues or stimuli.

Decay Theory

Theory stating that when an individual learns something new, a neurochemical memory trace forms, but over time this trace disintegrates; suggests that the passage of time always increases forgetting.