In One Procedure, Participants Were Asked to Judge Which Was

question 63

Multiple Choice

In one procedure, participants were asked to judge which was a "better" even number, 4 or 18. The participants

• A) were unable to perform this absurd task.
• B) offered judgments that show that well-defined categories do not show the graded-membership pattern.
• C) regarded all of the even numbers as being "equivalently even."
• D) made the judgment in a fashion that implied a graded-membership pattern for the category "even number."

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Definitions:

Income Elasticity of Demand

An indicator of the responsiveness of the demand for a product to variations in consumer income.

Cross-Price Elasticity of Demand

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of one good responds to a change in the price of another good.

Quantity Purchased

The total amount of a good or service bought by consumers at a specific price level.

Income Elasticity of Demand

A measure of how much the quantity demanded of a good responds to a change in consumers' income, holding everything else constant.