Which of the Following Has Been a Result of the United

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following has been a result of the United States' "war on drugs" in Middle/South America?

• A) It has focused too much on users and traffickers in the United States and not on the producing countries in Middle and South America.
• B) It focuses too much on Asian countries despite higher rates of drug production in Middle and South America.
• C) U.S. officials have been paid by Middle and South American officials to end the "war on drugs."
• D) U.S. military aid to South and Middle America is now equal to aid given for education and social programs.

Identify the risk aversion levels of investors based on their choices in investment strategies.

Calculate and interpret the dividend yield and capital gain/loss on an investment.

Apply the utility-maximizing principle in portfolio selection.

Distinguish between portfolios based on risk aversion and expected return through the analysis of indifference curves.

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Definitions:

Mental Laziness

A state where an individual avoids mentally challenging tasks, preferring comfort over cognitive effort.

Theory Perseverance Effect

The phenomenon where beliefs persist even after the evidence supporting them has been discredited or debunked.

Thinking About Thinking

The process of reflecting on one's own thought patterns, beliefs, and cognitive processes; also known as metacognition.

Correspondence Bias

The tendency to draw inferences about a person's unique and enduring dispositions from behaviors that can be entirely explained by the situations in which they occur.