A 16-Year-Old Boy Shoots a Neighbor for No Apparent Reason

question 28

Multiple Choice

A 16-year-old boy shoots a neighbor for no apparent reason.This vivid example strongly influences people's judgments of all teen boys because people

• A) overestimate the impact of social influence on others' behavior.
• B) typically categorize other individuals on the basis of barely noticeable characteristics.
• C) estimate the frequency of group characteristics in terms of how memorable those characteristics are.
• D) strongly resent those who draw a lot of attention to themselves.

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Definitions:

Price-Elastic

describes a market condition where the demand for a product changes significantly in response to a change in its price.

Consumer Spending

The total expenditures by households on goods and services, which is a primary component of aggregate demand in an economy.

Increase

A rise in quantity or quality in a given context, such as price, value, or productivity.

Price Elasticity

An index reflecting the degree to which the demand for a product varies with a shift in its cost.