Economic Theory Indicates That the Behavior of

question 149

Multiple Choice

Economic theory indicates that the behavior of

• A) government employees differs from the behavior of employees in the private sector because government employees generally disregard their own personal self-interest when making decisions.
• B) elected public officials differs from the behavior of all other individuals in society because they are not influenced by private interests.
• C) individuals when they make decisions about who to vote for is very different from the behavior of these same individuals when they make other types of choices.
• D) voters, government employees, and public officials is best understood by applying the same basic principle we use to predict the behavior of people in the private sector--that incentives matter.

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Definitions:

Sigmund Freud

A neurologist from Austria who established psychoanalysis, a technique for addressing mental disorders via conversation between a psychoanalyst and their patient.

Carl Jung

A Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology, emphasizing the importance of the individual psyche and the personal quest for wholeness.

Alfred Adler

An Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology, known for emphasizing the importance of feelings of inferiority and the creative self in the development of personality.

Karen Horney

A prominent psychoanalyst known for her theories on neurotic personality, which diverged from Freud's perspectives, emphasizing socio-cultural factors in human development.