main purpose of the economic stimulus package was to prevent the re-emergence of the panic that gripped investors in 2008. It also aimed to restore trust in the finance industry by further limiting bonuses for senior executives for companies that received TARP funds (Recovery.gov). The $787 billion economic stimulus package was approved by Congress in February‚ 2009. The plan was to jumpstart economic growth‚ and save between 900‚000 - 2.3 million jobs. The economic stimulus bill allocated funds as follows:
Premium Unemployment Taxation Tax
Simple Stimulus “Habituation is a decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations” (Cherry‚ 2013). For example‚ the sound of a telephone ringing may initially draw your attention‚ but as a person becomes more accustomed to the sound he or she pays less attention to the noise and the initial response becomes less. The diminished response is habituation. When I was younger I used to work in a customer service‚ call center setting. I got used to the phones ringing day in and day out
Premium Psychology Sense English-language films
Title: Muscle twitch response and recruitment‚ summation and tetanus Exercise 1: The effects of nerve stimulation Objectives: 1. To explore the motor and sensory effects of electrical stimuli on a student volunteer‚ using the nerves of the forearm. 2. To examine the position where a largest muscular twich response with the lowest pulse current can be generated. This position is kept constant to determine results in exercises 2 and 3. Procedure: Refer to Human Biology Practical Manual
Premium Muscle Forearm Observation
Osteoporosis is a disease that affect strength of the bones ( literally the word osteoporosis means “ porous bone” ) leading to increased risk of bone fractures. The bone strength has two main properties‚ the mass and the quality of the bone. The bone is a living tissue made up of tough elastic collagen fibers and minerals and contains cells that make and moulds itself in a process called bone resorption‚ it also forms the rigid skeletal framework that protects body organs. Osteoporosis is influenced
Premium Bone Osteoporosis Skeletal system
Unemployment and the Labour Force: Their Affect On the Economy This essay looks at how the level of unemployment (or employment) and labour force participation affect the economy as a whole. For the purpose of this essay I will concentrate more on unemployment‚ as this adversely affects the size of the labour force‚ whereas labour force participation does not affect the level of unemployment in the same manner. In reality‚ the two work hand in hand and it is vital that they both retain an
Premium Economics Unemployment Inflation
happens to almost every person. If the excuse “I am running on no sleep” is an accurate excuse‚ then therefore it must have some type of true factor‚ or else it would not be accepted as a universal excuse. Does sleep deprivation affect memory? Through research it is concluded that sleep can affect people when participating in task like vigilance perception (Deaton‚
Premium Sleep Sleep disorder Sleep deprivation
Stimulus: Discoveries and discovering can offer new understandings and renewed perceptions of ourselves and others. Redemption "And if you fail to uphold your end of the deal‚ the consequences for you will be apocalyptic‚" Niklaus slammed the phone down onto the table after he had finished threatening whoever was on the other side of the line. "You’re not a people person are you‚ Niklaus?" Elijah‚ Niklaus’ brother sarcastically asked as he made his way through the door of the home they shared
Premium Sibling
Case One: The Dental Care Aisle of Confusion Page C-15 1. The strategic benefits of stimulus generalization outweigh its disadvantages in strategic marketing. In my opinion‚ the stimulus generalization comes with the open economy that the US offers. Being that we are not limited to just one brand of merchandise‚ the only disadvantage I can really see is the frustration that may come from having to choose. If a consumer is for some reason unpleased with their chosen version of a product‚ more than
Premium Toothpaste Marketing Oral hygiene
such as parents punish their own children. Introduced by B.F.Skinner‚ punishment has a more restrictive and technical definition. It is referred to as response-stimulus conditioning. In psychology‚ punishment is the reduction of a behavior via application of an adverse stimulus ("positive punishment") or removal of a pleasant stimulus ("negative punishment"). In our short sketch‚ we have tow parts to introduce each positive punishment and negative punishment. For the two parts‚ we describe children
Premium Corporal punishment Sociology Reinforcement
Organization Behaviour Four external forces that affect an Organization Written by Nazar Elkhawad Table of Contents Terms of reference: 3 Introduction: 4 Global perspective 5 Economic growth 5 Inflation 5 Interest rates 5 PEST Macro analysis 5 Political atmosphere 5 Social environment 6 Technological development 7 Economical environment 8 Bibliography: 9 Terms of reference: This report was commissioned by the lecture of Management and Organisation Behaviour as individual
Premium Economics Max Weber Capitalism