If You Compared the Short-Run Demand and Long-Run Demand for Education

question 158

Multiple Choice

If you compared the short-run demand and long-run demand for education at your college, you would almost certainly find that

• A) the long-run demand curve was steeper than the short-run demand curve.
• B) a tuition increase would reduce enrollment more in the long run than in the short run.
• C) a reduction in tuition would increase enrollment in the short run but not in the long run.
• D) the short-run and long-run demand curves were identical.

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Definitions:

Hit

In the context of memory recall, a correct identification or recognition of a previously encountered stimulus.

False Alarm

An instance in which a warning or signal is given for a danger that fails to materialize, leading to an unnecessary or mistaken response.

Correct Rejection

In signal detection theory, the correct identification that a target stimulus is not present.

Subliminal Perception

The processing of information by sensory systems without a person's conscious awareness.