A Friend with a Three-Year-Old Child Has Decided to Try

question 166

Multiple Choice

A friend with a three-year-old child has decided to try to accelerate the child's cognitive development by teaching him how to conserve and handle hypothetical problems.The friend's attempts are:

• A) a waste of time, since the child will not develop faster than the Piagetian stages dictate
• B) potentially harmful to the child's self-esteem and psychological well-being
• C) going to work only if she is a skilled teacher of preschoolers
• D) plausible, because preoperational children have been able to do such problems after simplification of instructions

Explain the difference between marginal social benefit (MSB) and marginal social cost (MSC).

Analyze scenarios to determine socially optimal levels of public goods and externalities.

Describe the concept of a Pigouvian subsidy and its application for external benefits.

Understand the implications of technology spillover in relation to positive externalities.

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