The Process of Rejecting the Dress, Speech, Mannerisms, and Attitudes

question 8

Multiple Choice

The process of rejecting the dress, speech, mannerisms, and attitudes associated with one's society, and adopting a contrary identity, is called:

• A) identity foreclosure.
• B) oppositional identity formation.
• C) identity diffusion.
• D) oppositional identity moratorium.

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Definitions:

Economic Rents

Extra earnings or return above the normal expected return of an investment or economic activity.

Reallocation

The process of redistributing resources or assets from less productive uses to more productive ones in order to enhance efficiency and economic output.

Diminishing Returns

A rule that asserts when one input in the production process is augmented and the rest remain unchanged, the resultant extra production will ultimately diminish.

Marginal Revenue Product

The additional revenue generated by employing one more unit of input, such as labor or capital.