Refer to the Information Provided in Figure 7

question 218

Multiple Choice

Refer to the information provided in Figure 7.6 below to answer the question(s) that follow. Figure 7.6
-Refer to Figure 7.6. The shoe manufacturer currently produces 50 units of output. If this shoe manufacturer increases labor from 15 to 20, the marginal product of the 20th worker

• A) is zero, as the total number of shoes produced remains at 50.
• B) is 8.5, as capital can be reduced by 8.5 units when the 20th worker is hired.
• C) cannot be determined because output remains constant.
• D) cannot be determined because both capital and labor have been increased.

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Definitions:

Diffusion Of Responsibility

The feeling among bystanders at an emergency that the responsibility for helping is shared by the group, making each person feel less compelled to act than if he or she alone bore the total responsibility.

Darley And Latané

Psychologists known for their research on the bystander effect, illustrating how individual responsibility is diluted in the presence of others.

Bystander Effect

A behavioral pattern observed in social psychology where people are less inclined to assist someone in need when there are others around.

Cognitive-Neoassociationistic Model

A theory proposing that cognition and emotions are linked in a network of associations, affecting how stimuli are processed and reactions are generated.