Persistence Is

question 49

Multiple Choice

Persistence is

• A)the tendency for declines in economic activity to be followed by further declines, and for growth in economic activity to be followed by more growth.
• B)the idea that the standard pattern of contraction-trough-expansion-peak occurs again and again in industrial economies.
• C)the tendency of many economic variables to move together in a predictable way over the business cycle.
• D)the idea that peaks and troughs of the business cycle occur at regular intervals.

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Definitions:

Freudian Concept

Psychological theories and concepts developed by Sigmund Freud, focusing on the unconscious mind, psychosexual stages, and defense mechanisms.

Electra Complex

A psychoanalytic term coined by Carl Jung, referring to a girl's psychosexual competition with her mother for possession of her father.

Same Sex Parent

Same Sex Parent refers to a parenting arrangement where a child is raised by two parents of the same gender.

Oedipus Complex

A Freudian theory referring to a child's unconscious desire for the opposite-sex parent, thought to be a critical stage in the psychosexual development of the child.