Assessment: Lesson 7 Preview Questions Instructions You have completed the Lesson 7 Preview Questions. Assessment Score Attempt Score: 8.00 out of a possible 10.00 (80.0%) Assessment Score: 8.00 out of a possible 10.00 (80.0%) Assessment Time: 2462 minutes Question 1: Economics began as a field of study in 1776 with the publication of An Inquiry into the Wealth of Nations by __________. Type: Multiple Choice Points awarded: 1.00 / 1.00 Your answer(s): •Adam Smith Correct answer(s):
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Four Phases of Business Cycle Business Cycle (or Trade Cycle) is divided into the following four phases :- Prosperity Phase : Expansion or Boom or Upswing of economy. Recession Phase : from prosperity to recession (upper turning point). Depression Phase : Contraction or Downswing of economy. Recovery Phase : from depression to prosperity (lower turning Point). Diagram of Four Phases of Business Cycle The four phases of business cycles are shown in the following diagram :- The business
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article‚ Dispositional Optimism and Primary and Secondary Appraisal of a Stressor : Controlling for Confounding Influences and Relations to Coping and Psychological and Physical Adjustment by Edward C. Chang‚ is about the link between optimism and pessimism has with the physical and psychological well-being and the many tests that a person could complete to discover how high or low the optimism is. The author speaks about the many studies that have been conducted over the past years and have found that
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Romantic and Victorian Eras in British Literature The Romantic Period‚ which included the years 1798-1832‚ was an era revolting against the 18th century literary style. The time period was filled with poets who dramatically poured their beliefs into their writings and poetry such as William Wordsworth‚ a very notable Romantic poet during this time period. In stark contrast‚ the Victorian Period was a time during which poets wrote about the environment that surrounded them‚ and tended to have a pessimistic
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World War One began on July 28‚ 1914 and ended with the signing of the armistice on November 11‚ 1918. The war cost a total of one hundred eighty-six billion dollars. The total casualties of the war were thirty-seven million‚ with another eleven million civilian casualties. The British Empire alone lost over three million people in the war. (English) World War One effected the whole world- the heartache and bloodshed changed politics‚ economics‚ and public opinion. This war changed people’s lives
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Critically assess the part played by personality in making some individuals more prone to ill health than others. Health is most often described as being about the absence of illness or disease. However‚ health is not simply about physical symptoms‚ but it also encompasses our mental health and social well-being. The most common definition of health is that provided by the World Health Organisation (WHO). “Health is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the
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My daily stressors along with my 3 major life stressors affect my cumulative stress. My daily stressors are things that I have to deal with every day and my major life stressors are things that I have experienced in the past but still have an effect on me now. When looking at my stressors‚ I tend to appraise them as threats and I also tend to believe that I will not be able to cope with stress. I do not have good‚ positive coping skills. So‚ when I am on the second appraisal‚ I am unable to find
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A CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF THE POEM MR BLEANEY BY PHILP LARKIN ‘Mr Bleaney’ by Phillip Larkin is essentially a poem about a circumstantial situation that is given as dramatic monologue‚ and rather like a drama‚ tells a story that is full of lucid mystery. There are two distinct scenes in the poem‚ in the first‚ which occupies the first three stanzas‚ of this seven-stanza poem. The reader is presented with a landlady showing a perspective lodger a room that has been vacated by her previous tenant
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decent taste” show that it’s the soldiers’ duty to fight for their country and not curse about it. It shows how a soldier should die‚ proud for their duty and country. “Sassoon also uses the simile of "sullen faces white as chalk" (11) to show the pessimism of how many of the soldiers leave off to war‚ knowing that they are going to face their doom. Lastly‚ Sassoon ends his last lines with a paradox‚ "...not with hast / And shuddering groans; but passing through it / With due regard for decent taste”
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characterized by high stress and high dysfunction. Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is more likely in people who are faced with dangerous social conditions‚ such as poverty or discrimination. It is caused by dysfunctional ways of thinking‚ including pessimism‚ negativity‚ and feelings of loss of control. For example‚ African Americans are 30% more likely to be diagnosed with GAD than Caucasians. They experience social discrimination and are often lower income and less educated‚ which causes an increase
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