What social class makes up about 20% of the population in the US? Have seasonal, inconsistent, and low-paying occupations and all of the difficulties associated with financial insecurity.

What will be an ideal response?


The Working Poor

Live near the poverty level, hold seasonal or temporary jobs, paid minimum wage (unskilled laborers, migrant farm workers, temporary employees)

Psychology

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A. It causes thought substitution. B. It wipes traumatic memories from long-term memory. C. It is a form of exposure therapy. D. It changes the electrical activity of the brain.

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The first time you met your fiancé you fell down and spilt a glass of red wine on her dress. You obviously didn't make a very good first impression. However, it was several months later before you saw her again. Your second meeting went much better and it was almost as if your first encounter never happened. This is probably due to

a. the primary effect. c. repression. b. the recency effect. d. discrimination.

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The two behavior-therapy methods of flooding and systematic desensitization are based on what principle?

a. extinction c. stimulus generalization b. punishment d. higher-order conditioning

Psychology

Which part of the neuron is responsible for manufacturing proteins?

A) axon B) cell body C) dendrite D) membrane

Psychology