Marlena Is Enrolled in an Intervention Program That Encourages Learned-Helpless

question 97

Multiple Choice

Marlena is enrolled in an intervention program that encourages learned-helpless children to believe that they can overcome failure by exerting more effort.This approach is known as __________.

• A) achievement motivation
• B) identity achievement
• C) attribution retraining
• D) vicarious learning

Define key terms related to government economics, such as earmarks, public goods, and quasi-public goods.

Explain the median-voter model and its implications for democratic decision-making.

Analyze the special-interest effect and its impact on policy-making.

Understand the challenges related to providing public goods and dealing with the free-rider problem.

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Definitions:

Public Good

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning they can be used by multiple people simultaneously without diminishing availability to others.

Artificially Scarce Good

Goods that are made scarce by artificial means rather than by natural scarcity or inherent limited supply.

Electronic Book

A book publication in digital form, readable on computers or other electronic devices, designed to emulate the experience of reading a printed book.

Common Resources

Resources like fish stocks, forests, and clean air, which are non-excludable but rivalrous, leading to potential overuse and depletion.