The Consumer Price Index Market Basket Contains

question 6

Multiple Choice

The Consumer Price Index market basket contains

• A)the minimal dietary requirements of an average urban household.
• B)the U.S.-produced goods and services purchased by an average urban household.
• C)the ideal calorie intake of each member of an average urban household.
• D)the goods and services purchased by an average urban household.
• E)the goods and services that the economists working for the BLS believes consumers should buy.

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Definitions:

Personality Disorder

Mental disorders characterized by enduring maladaptive patterns of behavior, cognition, and inner experience, exhibited across many contexts and deviating from those accepted by the individual's culture.

Cluster A

A category in the DSM used to classify personality disorders characterized by odd or eccentric behaviors, including paranoid, schizoid, and schizotypal personality disorders.

Antisocial Personality Disorder

A mental condition characterized by a long-term pattern of disregard for, or violation of, the rights of others.

Cluster B

A category within the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders that includes personality disorders characterized by dramatic, overly emotional, or unpredictable thinking or behavior.