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Jake Is Provided with Information Regarding Such Ongoing Bodily Functions

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Jake is provided with information regarding such ongoing bodily functions as his heart rate and muscle tension, and he is able to use this information to voluntarily regulate these bodily states. Jake is utilizing a procedure known as __________.


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Invisible Hand

A metaphor introduced by Adam Smith to describe the self-regulating behavior of the marketplace, where individual self-interests unintentionally benefit society.

Adam Smith

An 18th-century Scottish economist and philosopher, best known for his theories on capitalism and the invisible hand of the market.

Free Market

A system of voluntary exchange in which every agent is free to produce, buy, and sell “as the market will bear,” without interference or standards set by any outside authority.

Economic Arrangements

The structured and systemic ways in which economic activities and resources are organized, distributed, and managed within a society or between entities.

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