In 2003, Michael Jordan Decided to Retire from Professional Basketball

question 331

Multiple Choice

In 2003, Michael Jordan decided to retire from professional basketball.Which of the following was an opportunity cost of his decision?

• A) the lost salary from playing one more year
• B) the time he could spend with his family while retired
• C) the avoidance of pain and injury from playing one more year
• D) the value of new employment opportunities that would await him
• E) Both answers A and B are correct.

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Definitions:

Spatial Summation

Summation of the local potentials in which two or more action potentials arrive simultaneously at two or more presynaptic terminals that synapse with a single neuron.

Action Potentials

Electrical impulses that travel along the membrane of nerve cells, allowing them to communicate with other cells.

Presynaptic Terminals

The end points of nerve cells (neurons) where neurotransmitters are released to transmit signals to other neurons or muscles.

IPSP

Inhibitory postsynaptic potential; a synaptic potential that makes a postsynaptic neuron less likely to generate an action potential.