Your Parents Are Under a Great Deal of Job Stress

question 176

Multiple Choice

Your parents are under a great deal of job stress.Which of the following responses might you expect from them in terms of their parenting behavior?

• A) Both will devote less attention to your needs.
• B) Your mother will be more responsive to your needs than usual, whereas your father will be less responsive to them.
• C) Both will devote more attention to your needs as a way of coping with the job stress.
• D) Research has shown that stress is unrelated to gender.

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Definitions:

Total Surplus

The sum of consumer and producer surplus, representing the total net benefit to society from the production and consumption of a good.

Consumer Surplus

The difference between the total amount that consumers are willing and able to pay for a good or service versus the total amount that they actually do pay.

Producer Surplus

The difference between the amount producers are willing to accept for a good or service versus how much they actually receive, measured by the area above the supply curve and below the market price.

Government Tax

is a compulsory financial charge imposed by a government on individuals, organizations, or transactions to fund public expenditure.