Jose and Maria Are Preparing for the Arrival of Their

question 15

Multiple Choice

Jose and Maria are preparing for the arrival of their first child, and are considering moving from their small rural town to a larger city to gain access to more social services, better schools, and a greater variety of local newspapers and television stations.This is an example of which of Bronfenbrenner's five levels?

• A)Macrosystem
• B)Exosystem
• C)Microsystem
• D)Mesosystem

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Definitions:

Implicit Costs

The opportunity costs of using resources that a company already owns, essentially the income the company could have earned by using these resources in another way.

Explicit Costs

Direct, out-of-pocket payments for expenses incurred in conducting business, such as wages and materials.

Nonexpenditure Costs

Costs not directly involving monetary payment but may include time, effort, or loss of opportunity.

Economic Cost

A payment that must be made to obtain and retain the services of a resource; the income a firm must provide to a resource supplier to attract the resource away from an alternative use; equal to the quantity of other products that cannot be produced when resources are instead used to make a particular product.