TABLE 16-15
Given Below Are the Prices of a Basket

question 45

Short Answer

TABLE 16-15
Given below are the prices of a basket of four food items from 1996 to 2000.
$$\begin{array} { l c c c c } \hline \text { Year } & \begin{array} { c } \text { Wheat } \\( \$ / \text { Bushel } )\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Corn } \\( \$ / \text { Bushel } )\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Soybeans } \\( \$ / \text { Bushel } )\end{array} & \begin{array} { c } \text { Milk } \\( \$ / \text { hundredweight) }\end{array} \\\hline 1996 & 4.25 & 3.71 & 7.41 & 15.03 \\1997 & 3.43 & 27 & 7.55 & 13.63 \\1998 & 2.63 & 23 & 6.05 & 15.18 \\1999 & 2.11 & 1.97 & 4.68 & 14.72 \\2000 & 2.16 & 1.9 & 4.81 & 12.32\end{array}$$
-Referring to Table 16-15, what are the simple price indexes for wheat, corn, soybeans and milk, respectively, in 1996 using 2000 as the base year?

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Understand the concept of social cognition and how perceptions can be influenced by context and prior information.

Grasp the definitions and distinctions between schemas, metaphors, and priming in social cognition.

Recognize the effects of priming on behavior and decision-making processes.

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