A Shift to Postmaterialist Values Will Gain Momentum as People

question 41

Multiple Choice

A shift to postmaterialist values will gain momentum as people, governments, and corporations take all of the following steps EXCEPT

• A) face the implications of population and consumption growth for climate change and environmental destruction.
• B) put more time in learning the problems and issues facing our world.
• C) realize that extrinsic, materialist values make for less happy lives.
• D) identify and promote the things in life that can enable sustainable human flourishing.

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Sample Mean

The average of a subset of numbers from a larger set, representing the central tendency of that subset.

Consistent Estimator

An estimator that, as the sample size increases, converges in probability to the value of the parameter being estimated.

Population Mean

The average of all the values in a population.

Sample Mean

The average value of a sample set of data, calculated by summing all observations and dividing by the number of observations.