Rational Ignorance Occurs When

question 120

Multiple Choice

Rational ignorance occurs when

• A)voters find the cost of understanding a specific issue is greater than the expected benefit
• B)legislation generates large benefits for a few people but imposes costs on many people
• C)the preferences of the median voter dominates public choices
• D)individuals or firms attempt to obtain favorable treatment from government officials
• E)people make public decisions based on emotion rather than a rational analysis

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Definitions:

Coordination

The act of organizing or aligning activities, tasks, and people efficiently and effectively to achieve a common goal or objective.

Accommodation

The process by which the eye’s lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina.

Assimilation

Interpreting our new experiences in terms of our existing schemas.

Maturation

Biological growth processes that enable orderly changes in behavior, relatively uninfluenced by experience.