Governments Will Often Try and Change Negative Behaviours in Citizens

question 48

Multiple Choice

Governments will often try and change negative behaviours in citizens.A government campaign to encourage citizens to become more active would best be described as:

• A) manipulation
• B) coercion
• C) modernization
• D) persuasion

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Definitions:

Risk Neutral

An attitude or preference indicating indifference between choices with uncertain outcomes, focusing instead on the expected values.

Risk Averse

A characteristic of preferring to avoid risk, inclining towards guaranteed outcomes over potentially higher-yielding but uncertain ones.

Income

The accumulation of funds, characteristically on a habitual basis, through work or investing.

Von Neumann-Morgenstern

A theory of expected utility that describes how rational individuals choose among uncertain prospects, emphasizing the maximization of utility for decision-making under uncertainty.