Related to the Economics in Practice on Page 10: Prior

question 26

Multiple Choice

Related to the Economics in Practice on page 10: Prior to joining a fraternity, James spent most of his evenings and weekends studying for his classes. Once he joined the fraternity, James spent a majority of his evenings and weekends going to parties. This change in behavior is best described by

• A) the fallacy of logic.
• B) the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.
• C) the problem of causality.
• D) the ceteris paribus error.

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Evolutionary Approach

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Innovative Problem

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