| Term | Definition |
|---|
| semantic | Information stored as a(n) ____________________ code is stored according to its meaning. |
| unconditioned stimulus | Stimulus that causes an automatic response |
| validity scale | Test question that shows if the test taker is answering questions honestly |
| depression | a state of the economy with large numbers of unemployment, supply shortages, and excess capacity in manufacturing plants. |
| capitalism | economic system in which private citizens own and use the factors of production in order to generate profits. |
| demand | desire, ability, and willingness to buy a product. |
| elasticity | a measure of responsiveness that tells us how a dependent variable such as quantity responds to an independent variable such as price. |
| Federal Reserve System | privately owned, publicly controlled, central bank of the United States. |
| Gross Domestic Product | the dollar amount of all final goods and services produced within a country’s borders in a year. |
| Inflation | a rise in the general level of prices. |
| minimum wage | the lowest legal wage that can be paid to most workers |
| money | any substance that serves as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, and a store of value. |
| scarcity | The condition that results from limited resources combined with unlimited wants. |
| trade-off | alternatives that must be given up when one is chosen over another. |
| unemployed | people available for work who made a specific effort to find a job during the past month and who, during the most recent survey week, worked less than one hour for pay. |
| bureaucracy | government administrators |
| civil society | a complex network of voluntary associations, economic groups, religious organizations, and many other kinds of groups that exist independent of government |
| constituent | a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent |
| democracy | government in which the people rule |
| diplomacy | the art and practice of conducting negotiations between nations without arousing hostility |
| federalism | a system in which power is divided between the national and state governments |
| government | the institution through which the state maintains social order, provides public services, and enforces binding decisions on citizens |
| incumbent | elected official that is already in office |
| judicial review | the power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or national governments unconstitutional |
| jurisdiction | the authority of a court to rule on certain cases |
| naturalization | the legal process by which a person is granted citizenship |
| politics | the effort to control or influence the conduct and policies of government |
| republic | a government in which voters hold sovereign power; elected representatives, responsible to the people, exercise that power |
| sovereignty | the supreme and absolute authority within territorial boundaries |
| assimilation | the blending or fusing of minority groups into the dominant society |
| culture | knowledge, values, customs, and physical objects that are shared by members of a society |
| deviance | behavior that departs from societal or group norms |
| ethnocentrism | judging others in terms of one's own cultural standards |
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