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    MODALITY DIFFERENCES AND SHORT-TERM MEMORY The effects of modality differences on short-term memory capacity Yasemin Dilibal Feyza Öztürk Selin Kalabaş and Gözde Üstün Middle East Technical University – Northern Cyprus Campus Psychology Program May 2014 1 MODALITY DIFFERENCES AND SHORT-TERM MEMORY 2 Abstract The current study examined the notion that the effect that differences between serial recall of stimuli presented in different sensory modalities. Therefore‚ it was hypothesized that

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    Junk food consumption in children is the tragedy of the present age. These problems are best explained by busy families and the development of fast food industry but can be alleviated by planning so that children can have more healthy meals. It is difficult to argue with the idea that convenience of fast food and junk food has damaged children’s health. As the result of modern lifestyle‚ just as most of parents are busy with their work so too are children concerned with their studying and after

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    Table 63 Top 100 Non-Oil Exporters in Nigeria in 2012 S/N Exporter FOB Value (USD) Exported Products Destination 1 Olam Nigeria Limited 369‚674‚654.05 Nigerian Sesame Seeds (HPS)‚ Good Fermented Superior Grade Nigerian Cocoa Beans 2 Unique Leather Finishing Co Limited 137‚776‚528.93 Finished Leather (Goat and Sheep Skins) Grades 1‚ 2‚ 3 and 4 Japan‚ Germany‚ US‚ Netherlands‚ Italy‚ Syria‚ Spain‚ Turkey‚ UK‚ China & Greece Italy 3 Armajaro Nigeria

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    questions. 1) The MPS for this household is ________ and the MPC is ________. A) 0.4; 0.6 B) 0.5; 0.5 C) 0.2; 0.8 D) 0.3; 0.7 2) This household’s consumption function is A) C = 300 + 0.7Y. C) C = 200 + 0.2Y. B) C = 200 + 0.8Y. D) C = 1‚000 + 0.8Y. 3) This household saves -$50 at an income level of A) $750. B) $833.3. C) $1000. D) $890.3. 2. Assume consumption is represented by the following: C = 200 + .75Y. Also assume that planned investment (I) equals 300. (a) Given the information‚ calculate the

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    Core issue: consumption causes global inequality. Global inequality is the inequality in distribution of income and wealth between rich and poor countries. A concentration of wealth is in the hands of very small number of people. A study by the World Institute for Development Economics Research at United Nations University reports that the richest 1% of adults alone owned 40% of global assets in the year 2000‚ and that the richest 10% of adults accounted for 85% of the world total. The bottom

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    Chapter 3 Consumption and Investment Consumption (C) and investment (I)     Since we are more concerned with two sector model in our course‚ we will discuss about consumption and investment. In a two sector model‚ a simple but an imaginary assumption of no government and no foreign trade is made. Here Yd =C+S or Yd =AD (aggregate demand) This also implies that C+S=C+I Consumption       Introducing you with: (Think yourself in advance) What is consumption? What is consumption function

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    Desire Stimulate Fashion Consumption 1 How the Desire Stimulate Fashion Consumption Isis Liu 036FM009 Raffles Design Institute SHANGHAI‚ CHINA Academic Research And Communication Skills Professor Joycelin Cruz November 28‚2012 Desire Stimulate Fashion Consumption 2 Abstract This study provides how desire stimulates fashion consumption. The research data already show what are the reason make person buy fashion products and how the desire

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    Autonomous consumption. b. The consumption and savings function. c. The average propensity to consume and the average propensity to save. d. The marginal propensity to consume and the marginal propensity to save. 3. How are consumption and savings related? 4. Fill in the blanks in the following table. INCOME CONSUMPTION SAVINGS $1000 $400 2000 900 3000 $1400 4000 MPC MPS APC APS .6 1100 .5 2100 5. What is the level of saving if: a. Disposable income is $500 and consumption is $450.

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    THE MULPLIER CONCEPT

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    THE MULPLIER CONCEPT Multiplier shows how an initial change in consumption‚ investment and government expenditure brings a multiple change in income. Multiplier is the ratio of change in the National Income to a change autonomous expenditure. An initial change in income will lead to greater increase in the final level of equilibrium National Income. SIZE OF THE MULTIPLIER The size of the multiplier depends on how much of an increase in income is spent in an economy. The multiplier is the direct

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    1. The most important determinant of consumption and saving is the: A) level of bank credit. B) level of income. C) interest rate. D) price level. 2. If Carol’s disposable income increases from $1‚200 to $1‚700 and her level of saving increases from minus $100 to a plus $100‚ her marginal propensity to: A) save is three-fifths. B) consume is one-half. C) consume is three-fifths. D) consume is one-sixth. 3. A decline

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