"If I Didn't Have a Date Tonight, I Could Save

question 39

Multiple Choice

"If I didn't have a date tonight, I could save $40 and spend this evening out with my friends." The opportunity cost of the date is

• A) $40.
• B) $40 plus the cost of forgoing a night out with friends.
• C) dependent on how pleasant a time one has on the date.
• D) the cost of forgoing a night with friends.

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Definitions:

Play Stage

Mead’s first stage of social experience, in which young children imitate the activities of people around them.

Sense of Self

An individual's perception of their own identity and personal attributes, including self-awareness and self-esteem.

Role Taking

In symbolic interaction theory, the process of imaginatively occupying the position of another person and viewing the situation and the self from that person’s perspective; the process of imagining the other’s attitudes and anticipating that person’s responses.

Imaginatively Occupying

The process of mentally placing oneself in the situation or perspective of another.