What Does It Mean If a Person Makes a "Decision

question 91

Multiple Choice

What does it mean if a person makes a "decision at the margin"?

• A) The person compares additional benefits and additional costs when deciding what to do.
• B) The person weighs the good against the bad and then decides what to do.
• C) The person is more likely to say yes than to say no.
• D) The person compares marginal benefits and total costs and then decides what to do.
• E) The person makes a decision based on a condition.

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Definitions:

Freud

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Ego

A component of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory, representing the rational part of the psyche that mediates between the desires of the id and the morals of the superego.

Latin

An ancient Italic language of the Roman Empire, used historically in scholarship and as a liturgical language of the Catholic Church.

Projection

Psychological defense mechanism in which unacceptable or threatening impulses or feelings are seen as originating with someone else, usually the target of the impulses or feelings.