Suppose That There Has Been Bad Weather Resulting in a Temporary

question 39

Multiple Choice

Suppose that there has been bad weather resulting in a temporary decrease in the availability of oil and the economy has reached its new short-run equilibrium. What happens as the economy moves from this short-run equilibrium to long-run equilibrium?

• A) Prices and output rise.
• B) Prices and output fall.
• C) Prices rise and output falls.
• D) Prices fall and output rises.

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Definitions:

Perception

The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information, enabling us to recognize meaningful objects and events.

Detection

The act or process of discovering or identifying the presence of a specific substance, condition, or characteristic.

Activation

In psychology, the process of stimulating an action or response by using a stimulus, often related to the arousal of some physiological or psychological activity.

Sensory Adaptation

The method through which sensory receptors decrease in sensitivity to unchanging stimuli as time progresses.