It Takes Melissa Eight Hours to Produce a Bushel of Corn

question 92

Multiple Choice

It takes Melissa eight hours to produce a bushel of corn and two hours to wash and polish a car. It takes Greg six hours to produce a bushel of corn and one hour to wash and polish a car. Therefore

• A) Melissa has a comparative advantage in washing cars.
• B) Melissa has an absolute advantage in producing corn.
• C) Greg has a comparative advantage in producing corn.
• D) Greg has an absolute advantage in washing cars.

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Definitions:

Projection

A defense mechanism in psychology where an individual attributes their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person.

Defense Mechanism

Psychological strategies brought into play by individuals, groups, or even nations to cope with reality and to maintain self-image.

Distorts Reality

A cognitive bias or psychological state where an individual's perception of reality is significantly altered from the actual state of the world.

Complex

In psychology, a related group of emotionally significant ideas that are completely or partly repressed and cause psychic conflict leading to abnormal mental states or behavior.