Question

All of the following statements are examples of a reification EXCEPT?

a. Technology threatens to replace workers with robots
b. The U.S. economy rebounds from recession
c. U.S. Senators successfully pass a bill to ensure health care for all Americans
d. The housing market crashed, resulting in millions of foreclosures

Answer 1

All of the statements are examples of reification except for U.S. Senators successfully passing a bill to ensure health care for all Americans.

Step-by-step explanation:

A reification is the process of treating an abstraction or concept as if it were a concrete, tangible thing. In this case, all of the statements provided are examples of reification except for option c. U.S. Senators successfully passing a bill to ensure health care for all Americans. This statement does not involve treating an abstraction as a concrete thing, but rather represents a real action taken by U.S. Senators to pass a bill.