In the Medical Field,interns and Residents Are Required to Work

question 59

Multiple Choice

In the medical field,interns and residents are required to work such long shifts that they are perpetually exhausted and do not function optimally.Dissonance theory would suggest that a possible motivation for this policy is to:

• A) prepare them to work under highly stressful conditions
• B) test their dedication to becoming doctors
• C) increase the value they place on being doctors
• D) identify those who are too prone to making mistakes under pressure

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Distinguish between recessionary and inflationary gaps and their implications.

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Definitions:

Nonrivalry

A characteristic of certain goods where one person's consumption does not reduce availability to others, often associated with public goods.

Negative Externalities

Costs suffered by a third party as a result of an economic transaction which the parties directly involved in the transaction do not fully account for.

Public Good

A product that one individual can consume without reducing its availability to another individual and from which no one is excluded.

Marginal Benefit

The incremental utility or satisfaction derived from the consumption or production of an additional good or service unit.