Roles

question 150

Multiple Choice

Roles

• A)help us predict behaviors.
• B)tell us what is true or false.
• C)are general ideas about what is important.
• D)refer to the positions within a social group.

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Definitions:

Comparative Advantage

The ability of an individual, firm, or country to produce a good or service at a lower opportunity cost than competitors, leading to specialized production and trade benefits.

Specialization

The process in which individuals, firms, or countries focus on producing a narrow range of goods or services to gain greater efficiencies and increase productivity.

Production Possibilities Curves

A graph that depicts the maximum potential output of one good for a given amount of output for another, assuming full efficiency and fixed resources.

Trading Possibilities Curves

Graphical representations that show the different quantities of two goods that a country can produce and trade given the same amount of resources.