Refer to the Information Provided in Figure 15

question 41

Multiple Choice

Refer to the information provided in Figure 15.1 below to answer the question(s) that follow. Below are cost curves for Dom's Barber Shop, a monopolistically competitive firm. Figure 15.1
-Refer to Figure 15.1. In this industry, in the long run

• A) firms will continue to earn economic profits.
• B) firms will enter until all firms earn a normal profit.
• C) demand for the product will decrease so that profits are decreased.
• D) the government will impose price controls to eliminate any economic profits.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind to manipulate, deny, or distort reality in order to defend against feelings of anxiety and unacceptable impulses.

Repression

is a psychological defense mechanism where distressing thoughts, memories, or feelings are unconsciously pushed out of conscious thought.

Psychoanalyst

A therapist who uses Freudian methods of talking therapy to uncover and interpret the unconscious motivations that influence behavior.

Unconscious Sexual Desires

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