After a Major Earthquake,television Coverage Showed Survivors Shuffling Confusedly Through

question 67

Multiple Choice

After a major earthquake,television coverage showed survivors shuffling confusedly through the ruined buildings.If such victims later could not remember the days immediately after the earthquake,the victims would be suffering from which type of amnesia?

• A) continuous amnesia
• B) selective amnesia
• C) posttraumatic amnesia
• D) localized amnesia

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Definitions:

Diseconomies of Scale

The situation in which a business experiences an increase in average costs per unit when output is increased beyond a certain point.

Economies of Scale

The economic benefits gained by companies because of their large scale of operation, which typically results in a lower cost per unit of output as the scale increases.

Average Fixed Costs

The total fixed costs associated with production (costs that do not change with output) divided by the quantity of output produced.

Output Increases

A rise in the quantity of goods or services produced by a company or economy.