Norm and Vera Are Feuding Over Where to Go Out

question 164

Multiple Choice

Norm and Vera are feuding over where to go out to dinner. Norm wants to go to Denny's for the Grand Slam, but Vera wants to go to Sizzler for the all-you-can-eat salad bar. Finally, exchanging a series of proposals and counterproposals, they settle on a new diner in town that has both cheap food and a salad bar. This situation is an example of __________.

• A) a public goods dilemma
• B) an integrative solution
• C) a commons dilemma
• D) process loss

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