Gloria's Friends Have Recently Noticed a Startling Change in Her

question 57

Multiple Choice

Gloria's friends have recently noticed a startling change in her behavior. She eats everything in sight but gains little, if any, weight. She speeds around the room as if she were taking amphetamines. She seems constantly tense and agitated, and has trouble sleeping. She has become impulsive and lately she seems to be upset by even the slightest stress. The source of Gloria's problems is probably an ________ gland.

• A) overactive pituitary
• B) overactive thyroid
• C) underactive pituitary
• D) underactive thyroid

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Utilities Possibilities Frontier

A graphical representation showing the maximum levels of utility that two individuals or more can achieve given a fixed set of resources.

Efficient

The state of optimizing the use of limited resources to achieve the desired outcome without waste.

Equitable

Pertains to fairness or justice in the way people are treated or how resources are distributed.

Utilities Possibilities Frontier

A graphical representation showing the maximum amount of two or more goods or services that can be produced given a set of resources, highlighting the trade-offs and opportunity costs.