Across
- 2. is a type of investment that represents an ownership share in a company; an equity investment that represents part ownership in a corporation and entitles you to part of that corporation's earnings and assets; dividends are given quarterly normally. Common stock gives shareholders voting rights but no guarantee of dividend payments. Preferred stocks provide no voting rights but usually guarantee a dividend payment.
- 5. organ systems by which humans reproduce and bear live offspring.
- 9. is the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.
- 11. a non-essential item that one desires
- 13. consists of a married couple and their biological child or children. A child in a traditional nuclear family lives with both biological parents, if siblings are present, only full brothers and sisters; a couple and their dependent children, are regarded as a basic social unit.
- 15. a person's principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life; Important and lasting beliefs or ideals shared by the members of a culture about what is good or bad and desirable or undesirable. (They have a major influence on a person's behavior and attitude and serve as broad guidelines in all situations.)
- 16. the process of planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity. It involves a juggling act of various demands upon a person relating to work, social life, family, hobbies, personal interests, and commitments with the finiteness of time.
- 19. (DOE)is responsible for advancing the energy, environmental, and nuclear security of the United States; promoting scientific and technological innovation in support of that mission; sponsoring basic research in the physical sciences; and ensuring the environmental cleanup of the nation’s nuclear weapons complex.
- 21. is a table that appears in credit card agreements showing basic information about the card's rates and fees.
- 23. Team dynamics are the unconscious, psychological forces that influence the direction of a team's behavior and performance. ... Team dynamics are created by the nature of the team's work, the personalities within the team, their working relationships with other people, and the environment in which the team works.
- 25. are involuntary fees levied on individuals or corporations and enforced by a government entity—whether local, regional, or national—in order to finance government activities.
- 26. is one-way communication where the receiver doesn't provide feedback or ask questions and may or may not understand the sender's message.
- 28. includes responses that demonstrate that you understand what the other person is trying to tell you about his or her experience.
- 29. is an interest-bearing bank account that offers a higher interest rate than regular savings account because it's tied to interest rates in money markets; safe, low-return investment for the average person establishing savings.
- 30. the loss of potential gain from other alternatives when one alternative is chosen; represent the benefits an individual, investor or business misses out on when choosing one alternative over another
Down
- 1. (SFT) is a type of family therapy that looks at the structure of a family unit and improves the interactions between family members. By addressing how members of the family relate to one another, the goal is to improve communication and relationships to create positive changes for both individual family members and the family unit as a whole.
- 3. the intended audience or readership of a publication, advertisement, or other messages
- 4. Renting: You pay less upfront and will never own. (Fewer home maintenance duties and costs, easier to move, looser credit requirements, and lower upfront costs) ... Owning: reaps more financial rewards than renting the longer you plan to stay in your home, stable monthly payments, but requires a large down payment and closing costs. The overall cost of homeownership tends to be higher than the overall cost of renting...
- 6. A support system is made up of individual people who provide support, respect, and care. These are people who are in your corner. They do not judge you or ridicule you. They provide feedback that is genuine and in your best interest
- 7. the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food
- 8. The "mean" is the "average" you're used to, where you add up all the numbers and then divide by the number of numbers. The "median" is the "middle" value in the list of numbers. ... If no number in the list is repeated, then there is no mode for the list.
- 10. group of research subjects whose characteristics approximate those of the population it is selected from.
- 12. Supply pertains to how much the producers of a product or service are willing to produce and can provide to the market with a limited amount of resources available. Demand refers to how much of that product, item, commodity, or service consumers are willing and able to purchase at a particular price. (DEMAND PULL Inflation)
- 14. identification of and labeling of items for sale with the retail price per unit, permitting easier price comparisons among similar products in different sized containers
- 17. personal attributes that enable someone to interact effectively and harmoniously with other people
- 18. is an investor's ability to psychologically endure the potential of losing money on an investment.
- 20. as with marketing to customers, capable of being physically or emotionally moved, companies will use it to increase their sales (Ex. it may be more effective to target vulnerable consumers because it can ensure larger sales by targeting these consumers to buy the products they are selling).
- 22. a form of investment (illegal in the US and elsewhere)in which each paying participant recruits two further participants, with returns being given to early participants using money contributed by later ones.
- 24. is a belief that work and diligence have a moral benefit and an inherent ability, virtue, or value to strengthen character and individual abilities. It is a set of values-centered on the importance of work and manifested by determination or desire to work hard.
- 27. - is a type of loan that is obtained to support a temporary personal or business capital; a type of credit, it involves a borrowed capital amount and interest that needs to be returned or paid back at a given due date, which is usually within a year from getting the loan.