Which of the Following Is Not an Example of Pareto

question 111

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not an example of Pareto optimality?

• A) Timmy tricks Jonathan into trading a genuine Brooks Robinson baseball card for a fake Pete Rose baseball card.
• B) The Beauregard twins eagerly switch cell phone cases with each other.
• C) Despite complaints from members, Harmony Industries builds a sewage treatment plant next to a country club.
• D) The city council approves a tax increase on all residents in order to make repairs to one remote residential street.

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Definitions:

Motivated Forgetting

A psychological theory that suggests individuals may forget unwanted memories, either consciously or unconsciously, due to the memories being distressful or threatening.

Anxiety-Arousing Memories

Recollections of past events that trigger feelings of fear, worry, or apprehension.

Repression

In psychoanalytic theory, the basic defense mechanism that banishes from consciousness anxiety-arousing thoughts, feelings, and memories.

Long-Term Memory

The aspect of memory where information is stored for an extended period, ranging from hours to a lifetime.