Public Goods, Such as Clean Air and National Defense, Are

question 52

Multiple Choice

Public goods, such as clean air and national defense, are

• A) indivisible and non-rival.
• B) part of the iron law of oligarchy.
• C) what Social Darwinists want to provide for everyone.
• D) involved in Garrett Hardin's "tragedy of the commons."
• E) both A and D are correct.

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Definitions:

Spearman's Concept of G

A theory proposed by psychologist Charles Spearman that suggests the existence of a general intelligence factor (g) which underlies individual cognitive abilities.

Binet

Alfred Binet was a French psychologist instrumental in developing one of the first intelligence tests, the Binet-Simon test.

IQ

An abbreviation for Intelligence Quotient, a psychological measure of a person's relative cognitive abilities as compared to the population.

Reliability

The degree of consistency with which a test measures a trait or attribute.